The 2014-15 academic year was a momentous time for ICS--from celebrating UCI's 50th Anniversary to launching a new B.S. in Data Science. This year's Annual Report details all of these past achievements, along with some of the most noteworthy accomplishments of our faculty, students and alumni. Download a PDF of the 2015 Annual Report.
It is the student's responsibility to make decisions about his/her
educational and career goals.
Academic counselors are here to help students work towards those goals,
and academic advising is an intentional partnership between the student and
his/her advisor(s) in which the shared goal is the student’s academic
success.
Whenever you have a question about your academic standing, progress, or goals
Once a quarter, or at least once a year, to make sure you are on track
Three quarters before your intended graduation date
» Some Benefits of Consistent Academic Advising Meetings
Be confident that you are on track for graduation
Receive assistance with short- and long-term goal setting
Get help with planning and selecting courses to meet your academic and career goals
Obtain referrals to and advice about campus resources and
opportunities
Gain clarification on University and School policies and procedures
» While Meeting with an Advisor
Arrive on time (if meeting during a scheduled appointment)
Come prepared with questions and concerns
Honestly discuss your goals, interests, and priorities
Keep an open mind to consider the options presented to you
Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you don't understand something
» What it is a Study Plan, and Why Should You Have One?
A Study Plan maps out of the courses and/or units you would need
to take in the upcoming academic year(s) in order to make progress on your
degree requirements.
It presents a bird's eye view of your course load and potential
academic commitments over the year
It allows you to make quick adjustments to your schedule and plan ahead
It can help reduce stress when enrolling for classes
» Tips for Building a Study Plan
Know what classes you need to take. These include courses that
satisfy University and School Requirements, as well as any core courses
required for your major.
Make special note of any required classes that are only offered once
a year or once every other year, or must be taken in a specific order.
Pay attention to course prerequisites, and know which ones you have
cleared. If you need to submit a prerequisite clearing request, take care of it
in advance.
Use the tentative academic year course plan when mapping out your
year. But keep in mind that this course plan is tentative, so some of the
elective classes you were hoping to take may be cancelled or conflict with each
other.
The Bren School strictly follows the campus policy for adding, dropping, and changing grade option or variable units for its courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
However, instructors will sometimes set earlier add or drop deadlines, so it is important to read the syllabus for each class carefully at the start of the quarter. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of deadlines and make the modifications to his or her schedule before those deadlines pass.
» Add, Drop, and Change Deadlines
Always check the course syllabus carefully for course specific
add and drop information. If earlier add/drop deadliness are required by
the instructor, enrollment will be controlled by the instructor with
authorization codes.
The deadline to add or drop courses and to change grade option or variable units is 5:00pm on Friday of Week 2.
Use WebReg to add, drop, and change grade option or variable units.
No fee applies.
2
Use WebReg to add, drop, and change grade option or variable units.
The deadline to add, drop or to change grade option or variable units is 5:00pm on Friday.
3-6
An enrollment exception request must be submitted for adds, drops and changes to grade option or variable units. Supporting documentation is required for all exception requests.
A $3 transaction fee will apply if the request is approved.
7-10
An enrollment exception request must be submitted for adds, drops and changes to grade option or variable units. Supporting documentation is required for all exception requests.
A $3 transaction fee will apply if the request is approved. The "W" notation on transcript is applied for dropped courses.
» Submitting Enrollment Exception Requests
Requests
to add or drop are reviewed by the academic advising office of the school
offering the course, as well as the school of the student's major (if different). Requests
to change grade option or variable units require the approval of the academic
advising office of the student's major.
Enrollment exceptions for adds, drops, and change of grade option or variable units in ICS are not guaranteed. Exception requests will only be approved for extenuating and documented circumstances outside of the student's control. It is therefore important to continue attending class meetings and keep up with the assignments until your request is fully processed.
Requests will be denied if submitted for the following reasons:
You did notknow the deadlines
You did not understand the Add/Drop process
You did not know the grade requirements for your degree
The course is not required to meet Major, School, or University requirements
You are doing poorly in the course because of difficulties with the course material
You are doing poorly in the course because of a heavy course/work load
You are doing poorly in the course because of failure to attend
If your drop request is approved, please
let your professor know as a courtesy once you have formally dropped the course.
» Course Conflicts
Time conflicts between courses may be approved on a case-by-case basis. Note that a lecture to lecture conflict will not be approved under any circumstances. If a course's lab or discussion time conflicts with another course's lecture, lab, or discussion, AND there are open spaces in both conflicting sections, follow these steps:
Enroll in one of the conflicting courses (if the conflict involves a lecture, be sure to enroll in the lecture).
Obtain written approval from both instructors to allow the conflict.
Forward that approval to ucounsel@uci.edu. Be sure to provide the 5-digit course codes for the conflicting courses.
Allow ICS Student Affairs 2-3 business days to process the request. You will be notified by email when it has been reviewed.
If approved, use WebReg to enroll in the conflicting section.
Open to continuing students with the most recent quarterly and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Excess units are not intended to increase waitlist options. Only submit requests if you plan on taking more than four classes
Requests for over 20 units must detail which courses you intend to take and why
Petitions are subject to review and final approval by the Associate Dean
» The "Dean's Signature"
The Dean's Signature may be obtained at the Bren ICS Student Affairs Office.
Counselors are authorized to provide Dean's review and signature in all instances involving LATE add/drop/change of grading option requests done via the on-line Enrollment Exceptions system, and on other student-related forms issued by the Registrar's Office or other administrative offices.
Welcome to the Donald Bren School of Information and
Computer Sciences (ICS) at UC Irvine. As the only computing-focused school in the University of California
system, the Bren School is a unique place for study, research and collaboration. Our three departments — Computer
Science, Informatics and Statistics — incorporate a broad range of curricular
and research interests across the informational and computational sciences.
The school offers a range of undergraduate majors
(six in all), including recently developed majors in Computer Game Science and Business Information Management. The diverse selection of majors enables
students to gain in-depth knowledge of the information and computer sciences
while developing an understanding of the broad reach of the discipline. Our goal is to give students the real-world
tools necessary to succeed in the ever-changing technology industry.
Our faculty and graduate students are leaders in their research areas which span
information and computer sciences; they obtain corporate and federal extramural
grants, they write leading textbooks in their fields, publish influential
journal articles, and participate in key conferences and workshops. Research in the information and
computer sciences is applicable across many scholarly and scientific fields. Indeed, applications to scientific and
policy questions in the biological/health, engineering, and social science
disciplines motivate much of our research.
I invite you to explore our website and learn more about the
Bren School. Please feel free to
contact me at icsdean@ics.uci.edu if
you have questions or comments.
Thanks,
Hal Stern Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean
This is a tentative schedule of CompSci, CSE, ICS, Informatics and Statistics courses that the Bren School is planning to offer.
Please note that this proposed course schedule, while NOT guaranteed, is intended to help with your general academic planning. You are encouraged to consider back-up options that align with your intended date of graduation, since course offerings and faculty assignments may change. Please note that some of the upper division core courses will NOT be offered every quarter.
If you need help with your course planning, please schedule an appointment with an academic counselor. They can also provide information about proposed course offerings for summer sessions, which are not included in this list.
NOTE: The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered “final”. Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/about/search/search_graduate_all.php
graduate student list @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, the Bren School offers a broad array of undergraduate majors and minors in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics.
We invite you to explore the links on this page, which feature our courses, majors, and policies, as well as opportunities for student life in ICS. If you need assistance with specific questions about the undergraduate student experience, please contact our Office of Student Affairs, whose information is listed below.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone
(949) 824-5156
Fax
(949) 824-4163
Mailing Address
Bren School Student Affairs ICS Building, Suite 352 Irvine, CA 92697-3430
Office Hours
Monday thru Friday 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm
Questions submitted through e-mail will be reviewed by a peer academic advisor or undergraduate counselor.
Due to the volume of e-mails received, expect to wait a minimum of 2-3 business days for a response.
If your question is complex or time sensitive, we recommend that you come to walk-in hours or schedule an appointment.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AFFAIRS STAFF
Kristine Bolcer
Director of Student Affairs
Neha Rawal
Associate Director of Student Affairs
Jessica Shanahan
Undergraduate Counselor
Michelle V. Nguyen
Undergraduate Counselor
Mare Stasik
Office Manager
Lumen Hwang
Instructional Support Manager
PEER ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Ariel Xiao
Peer Academic Advisor
Benjamin You
Peer Academic Advisor
Carrie Shen
Peer Academic Advisor
Most walk-ins during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters will be with a Peer Academic Advisor. For more information on when appointments and walk-ins are available and how the types of meeting differ, please see the Appointments and Walk-In Advising page.
Peer counselors have completed intensive training from the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Bren School's SAO counselors. They are available for walk-in advising in the ICS Student Affairs Office (CS Building 1, Ste. 352) at the following times:
Winter 2016
Ariel
Benjamin
Carrie
Monday
2:30-4
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1-4
Tuesday
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11-12 1-2
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Wednesday
10:30-12
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1-4
Thursday
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11-12 1-2
9-12
Friday
9:30-12 1-4
10-12 1-4
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Career counseling is also available in the ICS Student Affairs office. Students can meet with Mark Carolino on a walk-in basis during the hours listed below:
Thursday:
1:00pm - 2:30pm*
Friday:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
* Except on scheduled Career Fair dates
» Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Tony Givargis
Please contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at adsa@ics.uci.edu to discuss concerns (not related to specific academic advising), or share your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of the Bren School's undergraduate program.
Associate Dean Givargis holds weekly office hours in the Bren School Student Affairs Office (SAO), ICS, Suite 352. Please call the SAO's front desk at (949)824-5156 to find out his hours of availability.
The UC Irvine campus is committed to supporting gender equity and diversity. There has never been a more important time to consider diversity in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. The field of computer science is changing rapidly, and an academic body with a diverse background can contribute unique ideas and perspectives to the creative development and study of new technologies for a global world. One of the ways we can achieve a more inclusive climate is to educate ourselves on the importance of diversity in our field. To this end, I will use this site to assemble articles that relate to issues concerning women and underrepresented minorities regarding educational achievement, advancement, pay inequity and other topics. If you have any questions regarding our equity program, or if you'd like to suggest articles for posting on this site, please send a message to advance@ics.uci.edu.
I hope you enjoy learning more about this important topic as I have.
Your ICS equity advisor, Gloria Mark
How ICS compares to the rest of the nation
Here’s how ICS compares with the rest of the country on gender equity in terms of degrees awarded and faculty gender ratio. Data is taken from the 2013-2014 CRA Taulbee Survey.
Continuing Bren School students may petition to take up to four approved, UC-transferable, lower-division
courses—excepting writing classes—at a community college or other
university.
» Finding Transferable Courses
Consult www.assist.org to find courses that are
UC-transferable.
It is extremely important to consult with a Bren School
academic counselor prior to taking off-campus courses, and especially if you
are near or in your last year prior to graduation.
A counselor will
review your list of proposed courses to:
ensure that they will count towards your general education or major requirements
For courses taken through UCI Extension or Access UCI, send transcripts to the Office of the Registrar.
Note: If you are a graduating senior, it is strongly recommended that you submit your transcripts as soon as grades are posted, and inform the appropriate the appropriate office(s) of that submission.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/events/competition/
Butterworth Product Development and the Beall Design Competitions @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Prizes for each competition are: 1st Place: $7,500 2nd Place: $5,000 3rd Place: $2,500
Butterworth Product Development Competition at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Is a product development competition designed to encourage the creation of new technologies with potential for commercialization. Ideas and products are evaluated on their technological merits and potential to impact the marketplace. Students are encouraged to submit new products that involve the development of software and systems. Products that entail integration are acceptable as long as there is a substantial development effort.
The competition is open to all UCI students. Teams must be composed of at least two (2) students, one (1) of which must be enrolled at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
Beall Student Design Competition at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Offered to encourage the creation of new technologies, or solutions to current design problems that have the potential for commercialization. Ideas and products are evaluated on their technological merits as well as potential to impact the marketplace. Students are encouraged to submit new product ideas that involve the development of hardware and devices. Products that entail integration are acceptable as long as there is a substantial development effort.
The competition is open to all UCI students. Teams must be composed of at least two (2) students, one (1) of which must be enrolled at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
2014 Competitors Last year's winners of the Butterworth Competition were composed of Business, Engineering, Medicine and ICS students. For more information on finalist projects, please visit http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/news/features/view_feature?id=2.
The Bren School of ICS at UC Irvine will establish a new vision for the field of information and computer sciences in the 21st century.
We will emphasize a broad and diverse view of the field including the what, why and how of information and computer science; we will advance interdisciplinary collaborations at UC Irvine and beyond; and we will produce relevant, cutting edge research that addresses key challenges facing our nation and the world.
LC MISSION:
The Bren School of ICS Dean’s Leadership Council has been established to raise community awareness of the Bren School students and faculty, to raise funds to support the Dean’s vision and fundraising priorities and to lend strategic advice to the Dean when called upon.
EXPECTATIONS OF MEMBERSHIP:
Attend three Council meetings per year
Be available to participate in a Strategic Priority meeting(s) around a particular topic (as appropriate)
Financially support Dean’s Discretionary Fund at a minimum $3,000 level
Participate in the Strategic Direction for the School
Serve as an Ambassador for the School in both personal and business interactions
Use your connections aggressively for ICS fundraising and relationship building
Partner your organization with ICS students in regards to internships, recruitment and company projects
Secure tables for the UCI Medal Awards held in Oct./Nov.
Make recommendations for incoming board members
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP:
Members will play a critical role in expanding the visibility of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences throughout Orange County, California and nationwide
Members will have access to the Dean, faculty and student research
Members will be invited to share expertise, serve as speakers and participate in events
Members will be given networking opportunities through Council meetings and mixers
Members will have early access in recruiting high quality interns and graduating students
PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES:
Participate as a speaker, mentor or panelist
Provide a project in your company for Project ICS
Hire a graduate student as an intern
Recruit ICS students as employees
Host an LC meeting, retreat or committee meeting at your company
The six-story Donald Bren Hall expanded the existing Bren School campus and increased general assignment classroom space by more than 90,800 square feet.
The design of this facility is intended to enhance interaction between faculty and students and to create a progressive learning environment.
Designed with flexibility in mind, the building accommodates the Bren School's growing faculty, staff and student populations.
The first classes in Donald Bren Hall were held Jan. 5, 2007; the Dean's office moved in on Jan. 8, 2007.
On June 20, Donald Bren Hall was offically dedicated during a morning ceremony which was attended by Donald Bren, former Dean Debra J. Richardson, Chancellor Michael Drake and about 400 campus and community guests.
An open house followed the ceremony, allowing the on-campus and off-campus community a rare sneak peek into the school's various research projects and their global impact on everyday lives.
Donald Bren Hall accommodates:
More than 125 faculty offices
90 research labs, wet labs and/or offices
10 classrooms (from 30-seat to 65-seat)
250-seat lecture hall
125-seat lecture hall
2 50-seat lecture hall
Dean's office/administrative support
Departmental offices
Bren School staff offices/facilities
Ceremonial groundbreaking on Donald Bren Hall took place on June 9, 2004. Visitors can view the groundbreaking press release as well as photos from the groundbreaking ceremony, attended by the building's namesake, philanthropist and chairman of The Irvine Company, Donald Bren.
Beginning in Fall 2014, students enrolling in ICS 31/CSE 41, ICS 32/CSE 42, and ICS 33/CSE 43 are required to own a personal
laptop for coursework.
» If You're Planning to Get a New Laptop
Students receiving financial aid in the fall can request an additional
one-time budget increase of up to $2,000 for a new computer. The additional
funding available is limited to student and/or parent loans, depending on
eligibility and borrowing limits. This
allowance covers hardware, software, monitor, printer, and extended warranty.
Students
are encouraged to visit or contact the Office of Financial Aid and
Scholarships, 102 Aldrich Hall, by email at finaid@uci.edu, or phone at (949)
824-8262, for details on the budget increase process and limitations.
» Recommended Computer Specifications
RAM: 4 GB or higher
Hard drive: 250 GB or more
Processor: Intel Core i5 or i7, or similar AMD
Weight: Students are expected to bring their laptops to
class so please consider weight if this is a factor for you.
Screen: When writing/debugging programs, more screen
space tends to be very useful.
Warranty: Extended hardware warranty is recommended.
*If you have a laptop that was purchased within the last 4
years, the system should be adequate for lower division work. Your computer should be running an operating
system which will receive security updates and should be minimum 2 GB of RAM
and have sufficient hard drive space to install required programs.
**Recommended, but not required:
Laptop cable and lock
External monitor, keyboard and mouse
USB drive or external hard drive for data back-ups
Small black & white laser printer (Printers for use are
available throughout campus; nominal fee to print)
If you need to connect from off-campus to UCI's network, check out the UCI Libraries' page on this topic to get set up.
» Computer Use Policies
All ICS students should make themselves familiar with the Bren school's policies governing computer use. Be sure to review the information provided in the below pages, as well as on the pages maintained by ICS Computing Support.
We can offer virtual tours, pictorials and viewbooks but nothing
will substitute for an in-person visit.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) is
the first and only computer science school in the University of California,
offering
visitors opportunities to attend academic lectures, interact with
leading computer science researchers and recruit intelligent and
out of the box thinking computer science students.
If you're interested
in attending ICS and want to learn more about a particular degree program
- even
meet with faculty doing research that piques your interest - please call the Student Affairs Office at (949) 824-5156 and ask to speak to an undergraduate or graduate counselor.
Campus walking tours are offered almost every Monday through Friday. Please check the Tour Calendar for available times and to ensure that there is a tour offered on the day you wish to visit.
Campus Map »Campus map of UCI (PDF)
The Bren School Student Affairs Office has relocated to: Information and Computer Science, Suite 352 (building #302 on the campus map).
You're off campus and on your career path. But you can still make a difference in the Bren School community, whether you've moved down the block, across the country or around the world. For information on involvement opportunites, view the programs below or contact us at khuerth@ics.uci.edu or (949) 824-3074.
This fall, UCI will celebrate its 50th anniversary as one of the nation’s leading computer science schools. To honor those alumni who have made a significant impact in their profession or, in other ways, have brought distinction to the School, we are creating the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Hall of Fame. If you know of ICS alumni who should be honored in this esteemed group, please fill out the online nomination form. For questions or additional information, please contact Kristin Huerth at khuerth@ics.uci.edu.
We're looking for your Class Notes! Whether you have a new job, started a new company or have any other exciting professional or personal news you want to share with other ICS alumni, we want to know. Please submit all of your Class Notes online so that we can consider them for the next ICS Annual Report, as well as on social media and our website.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is comprised of three departments that teach the broad foundation of each discipline but allow students the flexibility to explore many areas of computer science with carefully crafted curriculums that appeal to students’ diverse interests.
Computer Science Department
The Department of Computer Science engages in the full spectrum of intellectual activity in computer science, ranging from fundamental theoretical principles, to design and analysis of computer systems and networks, to new and exciting applications in areas as diverse as bioinformatics and computer security.
Informatics Department
The Department of Informatics focuses on the interdisciplinary study of the design, application, use and impacts of information technology.
Statistics Department
The new Department of Statistics, which officially joined ICS in July 2003, has core strength in statistical theory with a focus on statistical methods for solving interdisciplinary problems.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/faculty/
faculty @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Faculty members in the Bren School are of national and international
renown, including ACM and IEEE Fellows, AAAI Career Fellow and many
respected authors, leaders and directors of preeminent research and
academic endeavors.
Despite an exhaustive list of accolades, the
most notable trait of each faculty member is the unparalleled commitment
to teaching and instruction as demonstrated in the classroom.
The Bren School is recruiting faculty at all levels of tenure. For information
on faculty opportunities, please visit
the employment page.
Ardalan Amiri Sani Assistant Professor Research Area: Embedded Systems Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:ardalan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6753 Office: DBH 3062 Learn more
Pierre Baldi Chancellor's Professor, Director Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Databases and Data Mining Environmental Informatics Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Computer Science Email:pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5809 Office: DBH 4038 Learn more
Brigitte Baldi Lecturer Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:baldib@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1912 Office: 2208 Bren Hall Learn more
Lubomir Bic Professor Research Area: Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:bic@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5248 Office: DBH 3224 Learn more
Yunan Chen Associate Professor Research Area: Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Department: Informatics Email:yunanc@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0959 Office: DBH 5066 Learn more
Rina Dechter Professor; Vice Chair Computing Division, Computer Science Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Department: Computer Science Email:dechter@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6556 Office: DBH 4232 Learn more
Michael Dillencourt Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:dillenco@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7556 Office: DBH 4086 Learn more
Paul Dourish Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Environmental Informatics Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Social Informatics Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:jpd@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8127 Office: DBH 5086 Learn more
Nikil Dutt Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Department: Computer Science Email:dutt@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7219 Office: DBH 3091 Learn more
Magda El Zarki Professor Research Area: Multimedia Computing Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:elzarki@uci.edu Phone: (949) 228-8584 Office: DBH 3216 Learn more
David Eppstein Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Computer Graphics and Visualization Department: Computer Science Email:eppstein@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6384 Office: DBH 4082 Learn more
Charless Fowlkes Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email:fowlkes@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6945 Office: DBH 4076 Learn more
Michael Franz Professor, Director: Secure Systems and Languages Laboratory Research Area: Programming Languages and Systems Security Software Engineering Department: Computer Science Email:franz@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0016 Office: ICS 444 Learn more
Dan Frost Senior Lecturer SOE Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Department: Informatics Email:frost@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1588 Office: DBH 5058 Learn more
Daniel Gillen Professor Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:dgillen@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9862 Office: DBH 2226 Learn more
Tony Givargis Professor, Assoc. Dean for Student Affairs Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Department: Computer Science Email:givargis@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9357 Office: DBH 3076 Learn more
Michael T. Goodrich Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Computer Graphics and Visualization Department: Computer Science Email:goodrich@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9366 Office: DBH 4091 Learn more
Stacey Hancock Lecturer PSOE Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:staceyah@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9795 Office: 2204 DBH Learn more
Ian G. Harris Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Computer Science Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Department: Computer Science Email:harris@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8842 Office: DBH 3088 Learn more
Wayne Hayes Associate Professor Research Area: Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Scientific and Numerical Computing Department: Computer Science Email:wayne@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1753 Office: DBH 4092 Learn more
Gillian R Hayes Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs, Informatics Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Social Informatics Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:gillianrh@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1483 Office: DBH 5084 Learn more
Daniel S. Hirschberg Professor, Irvine Senate Parliamentarian Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Department: Computer Science Email:dan@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6480 Office: DBH 4226 Learn more
Alexander Ihler Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Department: Computer Science Email:ihler@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3645 Office: DBH 4066 Learn more
Sandy Irani Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Department: Computer Science Email:irani@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6346 Office: DBH 4042 Learn more
Wesley O. Johnson Professor; Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs, Statistics Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:wjohnson@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0147 Office: DBH 2232 Learn more
James A. Jones Associate Professor Research Area: Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:jajones@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0942 Office: DBH 5214 Learn more
Scott Jordan Professor Research Area: Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:sjordan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2177 Office: DBH 3214 Learn more
David G. Kay Senior Lecturer SOE; Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Informatics Department: Informatics Email:kay@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5072 Office: DBH 5056 Learn more
Ray Klefstad Lecturer Research Area: Embedded Systems Networks and Distributed Systems Programming Languages and Systems Department: Computer Science Email:klefstad@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6753 Office: ICS 424 Learn more
Alfred Kobsa Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Security Privacy and Cryptography Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:kobsa@uci.edu Phone: (949) 485-5020 Office: DBH 5092 Learn more
Richard Lathrop Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Department: Computer Science Email:rickl@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4021 Office: DBH 4224 Learn more
Marco Levorato Assistant Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Networks and Distributed Systems Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Computer Science Email:levorato@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2175 Office: DBH 3206 Learn more
Chen Li Professor Research Area: Databases and Data Mining Department: Computer Science Email:chenli@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9470 Office: DBH 2092 Learn more
Cristina V. Lopes Professor Research Area: Programming Languages and Systems Software Engineering Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:lopes@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1525 Office: DBH 5076 Learn more
George S. Lueker Professor Emeritus Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Department: Computer Science Email:lueker@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5866 Office: DBH 4206 Learn more
Aditi Majumder Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email:majumder@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8877 Office: DBH 4056 Learn more
Sam Malek Professor Research Area: Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:malek@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0639 Office: DBH 5226 Learn more
Gloria Mark Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Social Informatics Department: Informatics Email:gmark@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5955 Office: DBH 5212 Learn more
Gopi Meenakshisundaram Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email:gopi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9498 Office: DBH 4212 Learn more
Sharad Mehrotra Professor; Vice Chair of Graduate Studies, Computer Science Research Area: Databases and Data Mining Multimedia Computing Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:sharad@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5975 Office: DBH 2082 Learn more
Eric Mjolsness Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Computer Vision Scientific and Numerical Computing Department: Computer Science Email:emj@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3533 Office: DBH 6082 Learn more
Bonnie Nardi Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Social Informatics Department: Informatics Email:nardi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6534 Office: DBH 5088 Learn more
Alexandru Nicolau Professor, Department Chair Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Programming Languages and Systems Department: Computer Science Email:nicolau@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4079 Office: DBH 3082 Learn more
Judy Olson Bren Professor of Information & Computer Sciences Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Department: Informatics Email:jsolson@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0080 Office: DBH 5206 Learn more
Gary M. Olson Bren Professor of Information & Computer Sciences Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Social Informatics Department: Informatics Email:golson@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0077 Office: DBH 5202 Learn more
Hernando Ombao Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:hombao@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5679 Office: DBH 2206 Learn more
Donald J Patterson Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:djp3@ics.uci.edu Phone: (206) 355-5863 Office: DBH 5084 Learn more
David Redmiles Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:redmiles@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3823 Office: DBH 5232 Learn more
Amelia C. Regan Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:aregan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2611 Office: DBH 4068 Learn more
Walt Scacchi Sr. Research Scientist, Institute for Software Research Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Software Engineering Department: Lecturer Email:wscacchi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4130 Office: ICS2 202 Learn more
Isaac D. Scherson Professor Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:isaac@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8144 Office: ICS 464C Learn more
Babak Shahbaba Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:babaks@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0623 Office: DBH 2224 Learn more
Weining Shen Assistant Professor Research Area: Statistics and biostatistics Department: Statistics Email:weinings@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5968 Office: DBH 2241 Learn more
Padhraic Smyth Professor, Director, UCI's Data Science Initiative Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Databases and Data Mining Scientific and Numerical Computing Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Computer Science Email:smyth@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2558 Office: DBH 4216 Learn more
Hal Stern Professor and Dean Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:sternh@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7405 Office: DBH 6215 Learn more
Richard Taylor Professor Emeritus, Director, Institute for Software Research Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Networks and Distributed Systems Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:taylor@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6429 Office: DBH 5216 Learn more
Bill Tomlinson Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Environmental Informatics Human Computer Interaction Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:wmt@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9804 Office: DBH 5068 Learn more
Gene Tsudik Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Security Privacy and Cryptography Department: Computer Science Email:gts@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3410 Office: ICS 458E Learn more
Jessica Utts Professor and Chair Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:jutts@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0649 Office: DBH 2212 Learn more
Andre van der Hoek Professor and Chair, Department of Informatics Research Area: Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:ichair@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6326 Office: DBH 5038 Learn more
Alexander Veidenbaum Professor Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Databases and Data Mining Programming Languages and Systems Department: Computer Science Email:alexv AT ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6188 Office: DBH 3056 Learn more
Richert Wang Lecturer Research Area: Networks and Distributed Systems Programming Languages and Systems Software Engineering Department: Computer Science Email:rkwang@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6753 Office: ICS 424 Learn more
Xiaohui Xie Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Medical Informatics Department: Computer Science Email:xhx@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9289 Office: DBH 4058 Learn more
Harry Xu Assistant Professor Research Area: Programming Languages and Systems Software Engineering Department: Computer Science Email:harry.g.xu@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8870 Office: DBH 3212 Learn more
Yaming Yu Associate Professor Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:yamingy@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7361 Office: DBH 2228 Learn more
Zhaoxia Yu Associate Professor Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:yu.zhaoxia@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0491 Office: DBH 2214 Learn more
Shuang Zhao Assistant Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Department: Computer Science Email:shz@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4942 Office: DBH 4214 Learn more
Kai Zheng Associate Professor Research Area: Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Department: Informatics Email:kai.zheng@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6920 Office: DBH 5228 Learn more
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/admissions/Prospective_ApplicationProcess.php
graduate application process @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Online applications for graduate admissions are accepted from September 1st to December 15th. All materials as outlined below should be submitted before the December 15th deadline. (Additional information for those re-applying to the Bren School can be found here.)
You can still apply to ICS if your undergraduate degree is not in the same area as the graduate degree in which you are interested. However, it is helpful if you have taken courses in computer science and math, and/or have some related work experience.
ICS accepts applications for admission beginning in the fall quarter only.
» Online Application
Complete the online application. Pay particular attention to the following:
Enter the appropriate codes for ICS. Note that you must choose either M.S. or Ph.D. as ICS does not have a M.S./Ph.D. program.
Computer Science, Ph.D.
Computer Science, M.S.
Informatics, Ph.D.
Networked Systems, Ph.D.
Networked Systems, M.S.
Software Engineering, Ph.D.
Software Engineering, M.S.
Statistics, Ph.D.
Statistics, M.S.
Information and Computer Science, M.S.
Enter a specific area of interest. More information about research areas can be found here.
Save your application ID and student ID numbers; they will be asked of you when filling out other documents.
Applications are processed after the application fee ($90 for domestic applicants, $110 for foreign applicants) has been received. The application fee canot be waived.
You can apply for more than one program simultaneously, but you must fill out a separate application and pay a separate fee for each program.
If you have questions regarding your electronic application or your payment, contact UCI Graduate Division at (949) 824-4611 or ogs@uci.edu.
» GRE and TOEFL Scores
Arrange to have your official test scores sent from the testing agency to UC Irvine. Photocopies or scans will not be accepted.
GRE
The General GRE is required of ALL applicants.
For official GRE General test scores, use Institutional code: 4859
There is no minimum GRE score.
The Computer Science Subject GRE is recommended for applicants who do not have a degree in Computer Science or a related field.
GRE scores are good for five years, after which time the exam must be retaken.
We cannot accept GMAT scores in lieu of GRE scores.
TOEFL
The TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is required of international applicants.
For official TOEFL test scores, use Institutional code: 4859
UCI will only waive the TOEFL requirement for applicants who have completed ALL requirements for a B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. degree in the U.S. prior to submitting their application.
» Letters of Recommendation
Three letters of recommendation are required, but you may submit as many letters as you wish.
For paper submission
Provide the Letter of Recommendation and Waiver of Access forms to at least three people you have identified who can evaluate your academic and/or professional achievements, describe your strengths and weaknesses and comment on your character, integrity and motivation. Your recommenders should mail his/her letter directly to:
ICS Graduate Office Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences 352 Information & Computer Science Bldg. University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3430
For online submission
Applicants who have completed and submitted their online application should send their recommenders a link to that page, along with their application ID number.
» Personal Statement
The Personal Statement (same as Statement of Purpose) should be submitted via the online application.
» Official Transcripts
Arrange to have one copy of your official transcripts from the colleges you attended sent directly to the ICS Graduate Office.
An official English translation is required from international students.
Photocopies, scans, or unofficial copies of transcripts will not be accepted.
» Checking Your Application Status
Applicants may login to the online GATS TRACKER to check for application materials received and their current application status.
Ph.D. and M.S. admissions decisions are ongoing from approximately March through May. Acceptance and denial letters will be sent electronically.
We cannot provide you with the final decision over the phone.
Fellowship and award opportunities available to ICS Graduate Students are outlined in this PDF document. This is a combined list of those offered by Graduate Division and external sources. Please see the links provided in the document for more information on each fellowship or award.
*Many fellowships have internal department deadlines 7-10 days prior to the official due date.
Teaching Assistantships
Students can receive funding through appointments as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Reader. Information on responsibilities, requirements, and benefits can be found on the Graduate Division website here.
Interested ICS graduate students must submit an application for each quarter they wish to search as a TA or Reader. The application requirement applies to ALL students, including those on a TA/Reader fellowship.
Students are notified of their appointments via email as soon as they are assigned. Any questions about TA and Reader assignments should be directed to the Department Managers.
Graduate Housing
On-campus housing is not guaranteed.
All students looking for on-campus housing options must apply in order to be considered. Continuing students may apply to the housing waiting list at any time during the year. Admitted students may apply for housing after they submit their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR), and must do so by May 1st.
Continuing students can find more information on the Student Housing website.
Information for new graduate students may be found here.
All Bren School and Major requirements must be taken for a letter grade unless the
required course is designated as “P/NP Only”.
» Calculating your GPA
The Official UC GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of Grade Points by the total number of Attempted UC Units.
Letter Grade
Grade Points
A
4 points per unit
B
3 points per unit
C
2 points per unit
D
1 points per unit
F and I (incomplete)
0 points per unit
A+ grade is assigned 4 points per unit.
Plus or minus suffixes modify
the above by plus or minus 0.3 grade point per unit. E.g., B+ is 3.3 points
per unit, D- is 0.7 points per unit.
Non-letter grades (P, NP, I, etc.) are excluded in calculating GPA.
Example: A student takes the following courses and receives
the grades:
Course
Units
Grade Received
Grade Points
Total Grade Points
Math
4
A
4.0
16.0
Writing
4
B-
2.7
10.8
Science
4
C+
2.3
9.2
Art
4
P
0.0
0
Total Grade Points (36.0) = 3.0 GPA
Total Units Passed with Letter Grade
(12)
» Pass/No Pass
The P/NP grading option may be used for courses that count toward the unit requirement for the B.A. degree, and toward
the General Education Requirement.
No more than two P/NP courses may be applied to any minor on campus.
An average of 4 units may be taken P/NP per quarter
No more than 12 units TOTAL may be applied towards graduation requirements during your undergraduate career.
Undergraduate
and graduate students may not receive unit credit or earn grade points for
college courses in which the content duplicates material of a previously
completed course or examination for which the student has been granted college
credit.
» Repeating
Deficient Grades
A course may
be repeated only when grades of C-, D+, D, D-, F, or NP were received. Unit credit for courses so repeated will be given only once.
The grade assigned at each enrollment shall be permanently recorded.
Only the most recently received grades
and grade points shall be used for the first 16 units repeated when calculating
GPA. (The grade point average is based on all additional grades assigned in
cases of further course repetitions.)
The Informatics Department in the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine runs project courses in two sizes: one-quarter and three-quarters. We are looking for project sponsors.
Informatics projects involve using good software engineering processes interlaced with human centered methods to build and install something useful for you. Projects include different types of sources and sponsors ranging from corporate projects to university based, community-driven, non-profit or entrepreneurial projects. Project implementations range from web applications and portals to online services, cloud computing, ipad, iphone and mobile applications.
One-Quarter Project Class
Currently our one-quarter class is held during different times of the year, and is determined by enrollment. If you are interested, please contact us so that we can put you on the wait list for the class. The sponsorship amount for this project class is $4,500.
Three-Quarter Project Class
Each year we offer our three-quarter class starting in spring quarter and ending in winter quarter of the following year. If you are interested, project proposal deadlines are due six weeks prior to the starting of class. The sponsorship amount for this project class is $12,500.
For more information contact:
Informatics 117 – Software System Design (One-Quarter Project)
Professor Hadar Ziv at ziv@ics.uci.edu
Informatics 132 – HCI & User Interface (One-Quarter Project)
Professor Alfred Kobsa at kobsa@uci.edu
Informatics 191 – Senior Design Project: Usability Engineering & Software Development (Three-Quarter Project)
Professor Judith Olson at jsolson@uci.edu
Professor Hadar Ziv at ziv@ics.uci.edu
As public funding for our state's universities declines and the
costs and risks of corporate R&D escalate, there is increasing
motivation for forging bonds between academia and industry.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is research oriented -- even at the undergraduate level -- with
formal projects addressing hardware, software, algorithm design,
artificial intelligence and the societal impacts of computing.
Research-orientated education means ICS students arrive at
companies already comfortable on the leading edge and poised to make
an immediate
impact.
In addition to students, our world-renowed faculty work with outside
companies and frequently collaborate with professionals in
other academic
areas
to create
even greater synergy.
This results in a combination of corporate
insight, faculty guidance and student energy that has proven time
and again to be the spark that ignites tomorrow’s products
and services.
The ICS programs listed below offer you an opportunity to interface with our students and faculty.
Butterworth Product Development Competition This competition offers an opportunity for students to develop their business skills and earn cash prizes. Learn more »
Tech Jobs Whether you are looking for computer science interns, part-time or full-time employees, Tech Jobs is the place for you. Post your job opening and know that you are reaching ICS students and alumni each and every time! Learn more »
Scholarships & Fellowships Support a student by sponsoring a scholarship or fellowship. In forging relationships with the students they support, current donors have discovered that ICS students are more than scholars, they also are community volunteers, dedicated youth leaders, responsible young adults and promising future professionals. Learn more »
Join more than 400 graduate students studying virtually every principle area within the fields of Computer Science, Informatics, Networked Systems, Software Engineering and Statistics, as well as many new interdisciplinary topics. With more than 75 faculty members spanning three departments—Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics—a state-of-the-art 90,000 sq. ft. building and a $20 million gift from philanthropist Donald Bren, this is a very exciting time to be a part of the Donald Bren School.
Almost all of our Ph.D. students receive financial aid in the form of teaching assistantships or research assistantships during their time at UC Irvine. Many of them also receive fellowships from the Bren School's corporate partners and private supporters.
You can still apply to ICS if your undergraduate degree is not in the same area as the graduate degree in which you are interested. However, it is helpful if you have taken courses in computer science and math, and/or have some related work experience.
A complete list of our graduate programs is below so you can explore which one is right for you. You can also visit the UCI Course Catalog for more in-depth information about each ICS graduate program.
Want to get involved with the Bren School community? The programs below offer corporations and industry representatives a range of opportunities for engagement with our students and faculty.
Sponsor a Project Class The Department of Informatics seeks sponsors for one- and three-quarter project courses. more
Dean’s Leadership Council Members of the Leadership Council raise community awareness of Bren School students and faculty, raise funds to support the Dean’s vision and provide strategic advice to the Dean. more
Corporate Partners Our Corporate Partners Program promotes the exchange of the most advanced information in the field between university researchers and their corporate counterparts. It also provides access to exclusive recruiting and networking opportunities. more
ZotLink Jobs & Internships Post jobs or find the right student for your company. more
Product Development Competition We’re seeking sponsors, judges and mentors for this annual competition, which encourages the development of new, technically innovative products by graduate and undergraduate students. more
Students' academic status is reviewed on a quarterly basis. Academic standing is determined by GPA and degree progress. To stay in good standing:
Maintain a quarterly and cumulative GPA above 2.0, and
Make progress towards your chosen degree
The Student Affairs Office will notify the student of their academic probation status via their UCI email account. The letter will include an academic probation contract. The contract will outline specific conditions that must be met in order to return to good academic standing.
It is the student’s responsibility to:
manage their UCI account
to read and respond to official messages from their academic counselors in a timely manner.
monitor academic progress and maintain good academic standing.
Failure to follow through on the steps outlined in your academic probation letter will result in an administrative hold on the student’s record.
Student should contact their academic counselor soon after receiving the academic probation notification to ensure their upcoming course load is reasonable and to learn about helpful campus resources.
» Academic Probation
Students are subject to probation any time their quarterly or cumulative GPA falls below 2.0, or if they have violated one or more terms of the academic probation contract they are currently on.
**If a student’s term or cumulative GPA falls below a 1.5, the student will be dismissed from the Donald Bren School of ICS effective immediately. This policy applies to full-time and part-time students.
» Academic Probation Stages
Academic Probation 1
-AP 1 results if the student’s term or cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0.
-Student will be placed on an academic probation contract for the following quarter.
Academic Probation 2 / Subject to Disqualification
-AP 2 results if the student is on two consecutive quarters of academic probation, or has not met one or more terms of the academic probation 1 contract.
-Student is subject to disqualification
-Student is given the opportunity to appeal the possible / pending disqualification status
*Please note that being subject to disqualification is NOT the same as being formally disqualified
» Submitting a Letter of Appeal
A letter of appeal should explain any unusual or extenuating circumstances that contributed to the student's academic difficulties. It must also detail the student's plans and actions for effectively addressing these circumstances (including the use of campus resources) so student can return to good academic standing.
The Associate Dean will carefully review the student's appeal letter, transcript and academic file with the academic counselors before making a decision. Note that the Associate Dean for Student Affairs is the chief academic officer for the Bren School of ICS, and his decisions regarding disqualification appeals are final.
If the appeal is granted, the student will be held to an academic contract that outlines the expectations and timeframe for returning to good academic standing.
If the appeal is denied, the student will be formally disqualified from the major, the Bren School of ICS, and UC Irvine.
*Instructions on how to appeal, including deadline and where to send the letter will be indicated in the student’s academic probation letter.
» Disqualification
If a student is formally disqualified, he or she will be restricted from registering for courses or using university services after a stated date. The Registrar's Office will also be instructed to note the effective date of the disqualification on the student's official transcript. An official letter will be sent to the student's permanent address on file.
It is recommended for the student to see an academic counselor to learn about the readmission process and policy.
» Readmission
If a student has been formally disqualified, the student is encouraged to make an appointment to speak with an academic counselor to learn about the readmission policy and to strategize future plans and goals. Please visit the page on Withdrawal and Readmission for additional information.
If / when the student readmits to ICS after having been academically disqualified, the student must for the first quarter of return earn a 2.0 term GPA and Cs or higher in each course. Failure to meet these terms may result in academic probation or being subject to disqualification.
Students who are planning to withdraw from the University are encouraged to seek advice from an academic
counselor to discuss the withdrawal and readmission
process.
» Withdrawing from UCI
If the decision to withdraw is made after tuition and fees
for an academic quarter are paid, a Withdrawal form is required. The form can be picked up in any academic advising office (including the ICS Student Affairs Office), as well as from the Registrar's Office. Bren Students must obtain the signature of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs before submitting the form to the Registrar's Office for processing. Please note that an ICS academic counselor may sign on the Associate Dean for Student Affairs' behalf.
If the decision to withdraw is made before tuitions and fees for the next quarter are paid, a formal notice of withdrawal or withdrawal form is not
necessary, although recommended.
» Readmitting to UCI
Readmission to UCI and the Bren School of ICS is NOT
automatic. There are different policies and processes for readmission based on the student's reasons for and time of withdrawal.
If a student is seeking to readmit after voluntary withdrawal from UCI while in good standing, readmission will be granted if the student re-enrolls within one year. After more than one year, it will be considred on a case by case basis. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs will make the decision to readmit a student based on additional documentation, including the following:
number of completed units while at UCI
number of units remaining for completion of general
education and degree requirements
grades for coursework taken at other institutions or through ACCESS UCI
demonstrated readiness for the academic challenge of UCI coursework.
All materials required for readmission petition must be
submitted as a complete package. An academic counselor will attach a summary of
previous course work and/or contract conditions for the Associate Dean’s
consideration.
There are additional readmission requirements if a student withdrew while on academic probation or after academic disqualification:
Students must meet with an ICS academic counselor well in advance of the
quarter in which the student plans on readmitting. Readmission
applications are processed by ICS academic counselors.
Note that only UC-transferable courses will be considered when determining
a student's eligibility for readmission to one of the Bren School majors.
A readmitted student who has not been enrolled at UCI for
three or more consecutive quarters must adhere to the graduation
requirements in effect for the quarter in which the student is
readmitted, OR those
subsequently established.
As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, ICS offers an array of graduate degree programs in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics. Click on a related link below to learn more about a specifc degree program. You can also visit the UCI Course Catalog for more in-depth information about each ICS graduate program.
The Bren ICS Corporate Partners Program promotes the exchange of the most advanced information in the field between university researchers and their corporate counterparts, and provides access to the abilities and interests of UC Irvine’s students through exclusive recruiting and networking opportunities.
Priority access to students and faculty within your specific area(s) of interest
BASIC MEMBERSHIP
Basic members receive the following benefits:
Recruiting – Customized attention to your recruiting needs including:
ICS Jobs - Access to students through student website featuring resumes, and ability to sort by
G.P.A, major, specific skills & more
Early Career Fair featuring first access to top students, on-campus interviews, company info sessions
Facilitation of interns
Networking – Discuss leading research and innovations with faculty and other Corporate Partners through our quarterly Distinguished Speaker Series. Attend VIP receptions (4 tickets) prior to each Distinguished Speaker event.
Student Showcase – Attend the annual Student Showcase event in spring featuring top Bren School student projects
Host Career Nights - Direct and individualized access to students through company hosted career nights
The fee for basic membership is $10,000.
PREMIER MEMBERSHIP
Premier members receive the following additional benefits:
Center Access
Direct access to a specified research center including regular exchanges of research and information
Access to office space, computer facilities, research labs, library
Visiting Scholars – Partners may send a company researcher to join a faculty member’s research group for a period of time (up to 12 months). Includes auditing courses, attending research seminars.
Meetings & Workshops – Attend topic specific annual meeting where faculty, grad students and industry leaders present latest research findings.
We can offer virtual tours, pictorials and viewbooks but nothing
will substitute for an in-person visit.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) is
the first and only computer science school in the University of California,
offering
visitors opportunities to attend academic lectures, interact with
leading computer science researchers and recruit intelligent and
out of the box thinking computer science students.
If you're interested
in attending ICS and want to learn more about a particular degree program
- even
meet with faculty doing research that piques your interest - please call the Student Affairs Office at (949) 824-5156 and ask to speak to an undergraduate or graduate counselor.
Campus walking tours are offered almost every Monday through Friday. Please check the Tour Calendar for available times and to ensure that there is a tour offered on the day you wish to visit.
Campus Map »Campus map of UCI (PDF)
The Bren School Student Affairs Office has relocated to: Information and Computer Science, Suite 352 (building #302 on the campus map).
This is a tentative schedule of CompSci, Informatics, Networked Systems and Statistics courses that the Bren School is planning to offer.
Please note that this proposed course schedule, while NOT guaranteed, is intended to help with your general academic planning. You are encouraged to consider back-up options that align with your intended date of graduation, since course offerings and faculty assignments may change.
NOTE: The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered “final”. Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/index
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences - Office of Student Affairs
The primary focus of the Student Affairs Office is to assist students and faculty with University policies, procedures and requirements related to ICS academic programs. The graduate staff coordinates the graduate admissions process, fellowships and the graduate student review. It also handles the various forms and administrative functions relating to graduate students.
Contact Information
Phone: (949) 824-5156
Fax: (949) 824-4163
Mailing Address: Donald Bren School Student Affairs, ICS Building, Suite 352, Irvine, CA 92697-3430
Office Hours: Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Neha Rawal – Associate Director of Student Affairs
Andrea O'Donnell – Graduate Counselor
Julie Kennedy – Graduate Counselor
Karina Bocanegra – Graduate Counselor
Mare Stasik – Office Manager
Lumen Hwang – Instructional Support Manager
Tony Givargis – Associate Dean for Student Affairs Please contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at adsa@ics.uci.edu to discuss concerns (not related to specific academic advising), or share your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of the ICS graduate program. Associate Dean Givargis holds weekly office hours in the Donald Bren School Student Affairs Office, ICS, Suite 352. Please call the SAO's front desk at (949) 824-5156 to find out his hours of availability.
Founded in 1968 as Department of Information and Computer Science
Established in 2002 as an independent school, the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS)
RANKINGS
US News & World Report Bren School rated 29th among computer science graduate programs and 14th among public university programs (2014)
Microsoft Academic Search website ranking of authors and organizations by citations (as of March 11, 2014) UC Irvine 20th among U.S. universities in computer science. Some top subareas: - Human-computer interaction: 4th - Software engineering: 9th - Databases: 8th
Meeting with an academic counselor or peer academic advisor is recommended. They will help you determine the most efficient way for you to meet the degree requirements of your new intended major.
If you are eligible to change, submit a Change of Major Application online through your Student Access page.
Meet with an ICS academic counselor or peer advisor as soon as possible to determine whether you are eligible to switch majors and to map out an academic plan.
Once you have met the Bren School of ICS change of major requirements:
Submit the Change of Major Application online
If you have over 120 units, an academic plan with intended graduate quarter and year must also be submitted.
Meet with an academic counselor or peer advisor in the school of your intended major; they can help you create an academic plan that will help you meet your goals.
Organized research programs provide a mechanism and organizational structure within which collective research activities can take place that are fundamentally different from those that occur normally within the schools and departments. They are intended to foster the development of short- and long-term research programs that span disciplines and academic units, thereby making it possible for faculty to acquire extramural resources for which they might not otherwise qualify. The following is a list of the research centers that are part of ICS:
ABRC - Ada Byron Research Center ABRC studies and promotes diverse access to and participation in computer science, engineering, digital media and related information technology fields.
CDT - Center for Digital Transformation One of the world's leading think tanks on the impact of information technology on organizations and society and on the management of information technology.
Center for Algorithms and Theory of Computation The goal of research in theoretical computer science is to produce results, supported by rigorous proof, about problems dealing with computers and their applications.
Center for Embedded Computer Systems Conducting leading-edge interdisciplinary research in embedded systems, the center develops innovative design methodologies, and promote technology and knowledge transfer for the benefit of the individual and society.
Center for Social Computing Conducts foundational research into the relationship between information technology and society. Based at UCI, the center brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from leading U.S. universities.
CERT - Center for Emergency Response Technologies Works to radically transform the ability of responding organizations to gather, manage, use, and disseminate information within emergency response networks and to the general public. By using more robust information systems, response can focus on activities that have the highest potential to save lives and property.
COR - Center for Organizational Research COR contributes to the development of organization theory by connecting scholars from many disciplines who bring their knowledge and methods to a common understanding of these issues.
Computational Vision Lab The Computational Vision Lab focuses on understanding the information processing capabilities of biological visual systems and on developing computational systems for processing visual media.
IGB - Institute for Genomics and BioInformatics Fostering innovative basic and applied research in genomics and BioInformatics, IGB works with established companies, start-ups, government agencies and standards bodies to develop and transition these technologies to widespread and practical application.
ISR - Institute for Software Research Works toward advancing software and information technology through research partnerships and educating the next generation of software researchers and practitioners in advanced software technologies.
IVECG - Institute for Virtual Environments and Computer Games Brings together researchers for the common goal of understanding and creating technology and applications that transform how we: see the world through immersive visualization and virtual tours; interact and socialize with global communities; communicate and collaborate with colleagues in virtual collaborative space; provide medical care and training to remote corners of the world; and educate all ages and populations using virtual environments.
LUCI - Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction Addresses the entire range of research problems that arise from the ubiquitous computing vision: the design of novel devices, the structure of software systems, techniques for designing and building systems, patterns of interaction, and the cultural implications of ubiquitous computing.
SCONCE - Secure Computing and Networking Center SCONCE focuses on research for protecting information and computing infrastructure with an emphasis in areas like applied cryptography, network security and information assurance.
Curiosity about the world and a commitment to solving problems are the passions that drive ICS faculty. Their research in the information and computer sciences are applicable to many scholarly and scientific fields. But our faculty don't do it alone, students work side-by-side with nationally renowned professors to advance knowledge and improve lives. Below is a list of ICS research areas:
Algorithms and Complexity Bren School faculty members have made significant contributions to many topics in this field, including graph algorithms and graph drawing (computing with systems of pairwise interactions between objects such as web page links, protein interactions, or social networks) and computational geometry (computing with planar or spatial data).
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks requiring intelligent behavior. Examples include computer vision, bioinformatics, constraint-based problem solving, text understanding, data mining and smart sensor networks.
Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Involves the use of techniques from applied mathematics, informatics, statistics, and computer science to solve biological problems. Current areas of research at the Bren School include medical information access and knowledge representation for health-care guidelines.
Computer Architecture and Design Develops methods and tools for ensuring the reliability and quality of complex, large-scale software systems. These methods and tools support the development, deployment, maintenance and evolution of complex software systems.
Computer Graphics and Visualization Focuses on the field of visual computing that deals with generating/capturing, representing, rendering and interacting with synthetic and real-world images and video. We work on end-to-end solutions from capturing of images and geometry; representing large geometric, image, and video data sets; geometry and image processing; interactive access and rendering of large visual data sets; algorithms for building large area immersive displays for the presentation of visual content; and interation techniques in both small personal displays and in large displays for collaborative environments.
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Information technologies bring people together -- through social networking, through collaborative systems, through digital media, and through communications. Informatics has been a long-term leader in the study of social engagement through information systems. Topics include distance collaboration, workflow and process-based systems, multi-user gaming, and cultural engagements.
Computer Vision Computer vision at UCI focuses on understanding the information processing capabilities of biological visual systems and on developing computational systems for processing visual media. Research spans both theoretical questions of perception and object representation as well as practical applications ranging from automated surveillance to biological image analysis.
Databases and Data Mining Focuses on research related to architectures, index structures, algorithms, models, and performance evaluation of a variety of next-generation databases and information systems and technologies for data mining.
Embedded Systems Focuses on issues relating to embedded systems, a special-purpose system in which software and hardware computing elements are completely encapsulated by the device or environment it controls. Unlike a general-purpose computer, such as a personal computer, an embedded system performs pre-defined tasks, usually under very specific constraints (e.g, low power) and requirements (e.g., reliability).
Environmental Informatics Humanity is currently facing a range of significant environmental challenges such as global warming, species extinction, pollution, and overpopulation. Informatics tools and techniques can help facilitate responses to these challenges, and assist with planning for future environmental issues.
Human Computer Interaction HCI research at UCI stretches from the architecture of novel interactive systems to the social and cultural considerations of information technology adoption and use. We employ laboratory, ethnographic, and prototyping techniques to understand how people adopt, adapt, and respond to information systems. Recent research has investigated privacy issues in mobile systems, tangible interfaces for group awareness, interactive animation, and visualization of location information.
Medical Informatics This topic concerns the development and application of information systems to healthcare. Information systems have a critical role to play in contemporary health and wellness programs. This includes technology in hospital settings but also persuasive technologies for healthy living, health care in the home and in the community, and in the interactions between partners in the health care system.
Multimedia Computing Multimedia computing started receiving attention more than a decade ago. Naturally, early systems dealt with very limited aspect of multimedia. With progress in technology, several computing addresses important issues in creation, communication, storage, access, and presentation of information and experiences. In our department, we are addressing research issues in fundamentals of multimedia systems and their advanced applications.
Networks and Distributed Systems Researchers investigate various issues in the design and analysis of high-speed networks for multimedia applications. They are actively involved in research on computer networks and distributed systems, with the goal of designing, analyzing and implementing communication systems that allow high-speed transport of multimedia information between end-users.
Operating Systems The operating systems area at UCI embraces a wide range of topics related to theory and practice of computer systems software. Researchers here are building systems for reliable and efficient big data processing, mobile I/O virtualization, program analyses and various other applications.
Programming Languages and Systems Systems software research at UCI has expanded to include topics such as program restructuring and transformation techniques for parallelization and distribution, compiler-assisted memory management, component-oriented languages and dynamic code optimization.
Scientific and Numerical Computing Refers to the application of computers to scientific problems, from astrophysics to zoology. The mode of application can be system modelling, data analysis and mining, or visualization. The focus can be on developing new computational techniques, such as parallel algorithms or new data mining ideas, or on the novel application of existing techniques to new scientific problems.
Security, Privacy and Cryptography Bren School research in this area includes anonymity and authentication in network security, key agreement and digital signatures in cryptography, and security issues in electronic commerce.
Social Informatics UC Irvine is an acknowledged center for the study of social informatics, which incorporates the social and cultural aspects of information technology development and use. Social informatics employs techniques and theories from social sciences and cultural studies to understand the shaping and applications of digital media and their organizational, political, historical, and economic contexts. This topic links information system analysis with design.
Software Engineering Software research at UCI is aimed at creating new software technology and solutions, furthering the information revolution. The central goal of this research is improvement in software development, evolution, deployment, quality, understandability and cost-effectiveness.
Statistics and Statistical Theory Researchers at UCI are concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. Statistical principles and methods are important for addressing questions in public policy, medicine, industry and virtually every branch of science.
Ubiquitous Computing Ubiquitous computing builds upon and unites virtually all of thfe current research strengths in the Bren School. Researchers are addressing issues such as context-aware computing, whereby mobile computing responds to one's current context.
A minor is an established set of courses which together take a student beyond the introductory level in an academic field, subject, and/or discipline. They are a way to pursue a focused study in an additional subject that complements your major, career goals, or is an area of personal interest.
A minor in the computer science field, for instance, can help prepare students for a profession, career, or academic pursuit in which computer science is an integral part but is not the primary focus.
Most minors, including all minors within Bren ICS, do not need to be officially declared. However, a few minors at UCI do have specific declaration procedures. Students should speak with a counselor or peer advisor in the School of their intended minor to clarify any questions about the process and requirements.
Some major/minor combinations are not allowed. This applies to some ICS programs, and is outlined in this Majors and Minors Restriction Chart.
To have the minor added to your degree audit, notify your academic counselor in the School of your major. To officially receive a minor, you must successfully pass all the requirements and you must list it on your Application for Graduation.
Important details to note:
Pass/Not Pass and Minor Requirements
No more than two courses may be taken P/NP and applied to any minor on campus.
By establishing the University of California's first computer science
school in 2002, UC Irvine made an investment in the future that reflects
its historical commitment to raising the bar of excellence.
From
pioneering computer science courses more than three decades ago to
the creation of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer
Sciences, UCI continues to be an institute that leads information
technology education and research across the globe.
As an independent school focused solely on the computer and information
sciences, the Bren School has a unique perspective on the information technology
disciplines that allows us a broad foundation from which to build
educational programs and research initiatives that explore the many
applications of the computing discipline — from circuits and systems
to software engineering and human aspects of computing.
Building on our strong foundation of computer science fundamentals,
the Bren School conducts cutting-edge research in strategic areas ideal for collaborative
work.
By blending research with education in multiple disciplines,
the Bren School is leading interdisciplinary efforts in order to meet the challenges
of the future.
Our Mission
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences aims for excellence in research and education.
Our mission is to lead the innovation of new information and computing technology by fundamental research in the core areas of information and computer sciences and cultivating authentic, cutting-edge research collaborations across the broad range of computing and information application domains as well as studying their economic, commercial and social significance.
The diversity of our collaborations serves to reshape domains as far reaching as education, art and entertainment, business and law, the environment and biological systems, health care and medicine.
Consistent with our mission, we are committed to ensuring excellence through inclusion, producing a diverse, educated workforce for advancing technology, stimulating the economy and transferring new technology into the public realm to greatly advance quality of life.
Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements.
Awards, grants and other honors can be sent to communications@ics.uci.edu to be considered for publication.
WINTER 2016
Gary Olson, 2 ICS Alums receive SIGCHI honors
Gary Olson
Informatics professor Gary Olson has received a Lifetime Service Award from the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI), as part of the group’s annual effort to recognize and honor leaders and shapers within the field of human-computer interaction.
According to the award website, recipients of the Lifetime Service Award are individuals who have contributed to the growth and success of SIGCHI in a variety of capacities over a number of years. Olson has worked in the human-computer interaction (HCI) field since 1983, when he and colleagues Judy Olson (a fellow informatics professor), Paul Green and Marilyn Mantei taught the first graduate course on the subject at the University of Michigan.
Olson’s contribution to HCI has largely revolved around the concept of distance. From the mid-1980s he and Judy Olson began researching the role technology plays in collaboration. The pair published their highly cited paper, “Distance Matters,” on the subject in 2000 and later authored “Working Together Apart.” Olson has long played an active role in SIGCHI, co-chairing and chairing numerous conferences, as well as award and steering committees. SIGCHI previously elected Olson to the CHI academy and, along with Judy Olson, awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
In addition to Olson, two ICS alumni were also honored in this year’s round of awards. Leysia Palen, professor and founding chair of the newly established Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, was elected to the CHI academy. She earned her Ph.D. in information and computer science in 1998. Daniel Russell, a senior research scientist at Google, was also elected to the CHI academy. He earned his B.S. in information and computer science in 1977 and has been recognized as a UC Irvine Lauds & Laurels Distinguished Alumnus.
Kobsa receives Mercator Fellowship
Alfred Kobsa
Informatics professor Alfred Kobsa has received a Mercator Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), the largest research funding organization in Germany. The Mercator fellowship will enable Kobsa—whose research focuses on the areas of user modeling and personalized systems, privacy, support for personal health maintenance, and information visualization—to participate in “intensive, long-term project-based collaboration between researchers from both domestic and foreign institutions,” according to the DFG. Throughout the duration of the fellowship, Kobsa will work both on-site at a German institution and continue his project collaboration here in Irvine. “Foreign Mercator Fellowship holders are awarded the title of Mercator Fellows in recognition of their dedication,” the DFG notes.
As the largest independent research funding organization in Germany, the DFG “promotes the advancement of science and the humanities by funding research projects, research [centers] and networks, and facilitating cooperation among researchers,” according to its website. It also joins major international funding counterparts like the National Science Foundation and the Royal Society as a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
FALL 2015
Franz named 2016 IEEE Fellow
Michael Franz
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named Computer Science Professor Michael Franz a 2016 IEEE Fellow. Franz is being recognized by IEEE for his contributions to just-in-time compilation as well as his contributions to computer security through compiler-generated software diversity.
The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. It is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement. The total number of fellows selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the total voting membership. “It is a great achievement receiving recognition from one's peers and being included among such a distinguished group of IEEE members," says Franz.
The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity with 400,000 members in 160 countries. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world’s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards.
Tsudik elected to The Academy of Europe
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik has been elected a member of The Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), the organization dedicated to the “advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages in the aforesaid subjects in Europe,” according to the organization’s website.
Tsudik was elected to the computational and information science-focused section—dubbed the Informatics section—of the academy. Membership is by invitation only, with invitations made only after a peer group nomination and rigorous scrutiny of the eminence and scholarship of the potential member. Tsudik is the only United States-based member elected to the Informatics section in 2015, joining a total of 11 U.S. members in the 237 member total section.
The Academy of Europe endeavors to encourage the highest possible standards in scholarship, identifying topics of trans-European importance to science and scholarship, as well as making recommendations to national governments and international agencies concerning matters affecting science, scholarship and academic life in Europe. It counts among its members some of the foremost scholars in the world. Tsudik joins in the Informatics section eminent U.S.-based scholars like Victor Vianu, computer scientist and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the ACM, and Mihalis Yannakakis, professor of computer science at Columbia University and winner of the 2015 Donald E. Knuth prize—awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science.
NSA grants Tsudik $286K for cybersecurity research
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor's Professor of computer science Gene Tsudik has received a $286,000 grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) for his project “ERADS: Efficient Remote Attestation of Dynamic Swarms.”
As embedded devices—including automotive sensors or controllers, drones, household appliances, and factory automation components—proliferate into many aspects of everyday life, they also become targets for attacks. This project aims to develop techniques for detecting and mitigating malware infestations of networks consisting of a myriad of such embedded devices.
The NSA designates UC Irvine as a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE), with a focus in Information Assurance Research. Institutions with CAE designations promote higher education in information assurance—the management of risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of data—and cyber defense, while helping to meet the need to reduce vulnerabilities in the Nation’s networks. The grant comes out of the CAE cybersecurity research program.
Informatics Ph.D. student to present at ACM-DEV 2015
Ankita Raturi
Informatics Ph.D. student Ankita Raturi received an ACM Women in Computing (ACM-W) scholarship to attend the ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (ACM DEV), held at the Queen Mary University of London in December. ACM-W provides scholarships to enable women in computer science to attend research conferences around the world.
At ACM DEV, Raturi will present on a paper she co-authored with current and former UC Irvine faculty Bill Tomlinson, Bonnie Nardi, Donald J. Patterson, Debra Richardson, Jean-Daniel Saphores and Dan Stokols. The paper, “Toward Alternative Decentralized Infrastructures,” looks at how we can build interfaces between infrastructures to improve robustness, reliability and resilience. “Enabling communities to transition to a more resilient configuration of infrastructures is crucial for establishing a distributed portfolio of processes and systems by which human needs may be met,” Raturi says.
This will be Raturi’s first time at the conference, “an ideal venue for this work to be presented,” Raturi says. The conference is a platform for “original and innovative work on the applications, technologies, architectures and protocols for computing in developing regions,” according to the ACM DEV website.
“Having the opportunity to present my work, engage with the community and learn from leading researchers in my field is a major part of my professional growth," Raturi says. "Discussing our work with experts who have been working on computing for development will be incredibly valuable.”
Ziv collaborates in groundbreaking NSF-funded privacy research
The project attempts to bring privacy protection to the forefront of software developer’s minds in the wake of the explosion of big data. “Software professionals typically have no formal training or education on sociotechnical aspects of privacy. As a result, addressing privacy issues raised by a system is frequently an afterthought and/or a matter of compliance-check during the late phases of the system development lifecycle,” the project’s abstract explains. To tackle this challenge, the project’s research team will develop “privacy ideation cards” based on relevant U.S. laws and regulations, which “can potentially transform how privacy-relevant aspects are handled in real-world software solutions built by industry and inform how students are taught these issues in undergraduate software curricula.” The team includes Principal Investigator Sameer Patil from New York University, who received a $175,000 Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) for the project, Ziv, Janice Tsai of Microsoft and Jonathan Fox of Intel.
In addition to the deck of privacy ideation cards, the project will promote privacy by design, making privacy protection a built-in framework for all software development. Ziv will connect the research team with students in his senior Capstone Informatics project course, “as a test-bed for ideas and presentations related to privacy,” Ziv says. “Their engagement will affect change in the students' projects. I will likely participate in collecting and analyzing data about those changes.”
Professor Tsudik Keynoting Two Conferences in November
Study reveals ICS degree-friendly jobs have the best work-life balance
Careers in data science, user experience design, web development and software engineering promote excellent work-life balance, according to a survey from Glassdoor, a job rankings website.
Glassdoor notes that, across the board, employee satisfaction with work-life balance has been declining in the past few years, but there are a number of careers that won’t leave employees working 24/7—many of these careers bolstered by skills learned at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS).
Glassdoor analyzed feedback from around 60,000 company reviews to determine the top 25 careers where employees report balance between their personal lives and the workplace. Among the 25, 10 were careers in tech, including data scientist (#1), user experience (UX) designer (#7), web developer (#10), instructional designer (#14), software quality assurance (QA) engineer (#16), web designer (#17), data analyst (#20), solutions engineer (#22), software developer (#24), and front-end developer (#25).
ICS is well-placed to foster future careers in tech. As the only school focused on computer and information sciences in the University of California system, ICS offers undergraduate programs of study in business information management, computer game science, computer science, computer science and engineering, informatics, and software engineering. The newly established data science major is unique at the undergraduate level, equipping budding data scientists—Glassdoor’s career with the highest work-life balance—with the necessary combined skills in computing and statistics. The major is part of UC Irvine’s Data Science Initiative, a coordinated effort to bring together researchers and students across campus involved in various aspects of data science.
At the graduate level, students at ICS can pursue deeper educational opportunities in computer science, informatics, embedded systems, networked systems, software engineering, and statistics.
Tsudik part of panel at UCI-Nossaman Cybersecurity Symposium
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik took part in a panel at the 2015 UCI-Nossaman Cybersecurity Symposium at the City Club Los Angeles on Oct. 12. The symposium, titled “Cybersecurity, Data Breach and Privacy: A Dialogue on the Rising Risks and Evolving Legal Landscape,” was a joint effort by the UC Irvine School of Law and Nossaman LLP, a nationwide law firm that has made privacy and security one of its focus areas. The emphasis of the panel that Tsudik spoke on was “Not If, But When — Hack Offensives, Investigating Breaches, and Closing the Gaps on Data Leaks.”
Postdoctoral scholar Per Larsen recognized as “DARPA Riser”
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recognized assistant project scientist in computer science Per Larsen as a “DARPA Riser.” The early-career honor is conferred to “up-and-coming standouts in their fields, capable of discovering and leveraging innovative opportunities for technological surprise—the heart of DARPA’s national security mission,” DARPA says.
Larsen, along with 54 other honorees from around the country, attended “Wait, What? A Future Technology Forum,” in September with special guest U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (the gentleman on the left in the photo). The forum, which drew more than 1,200 participants from around the world, explored future technologies “on their potential to radically change how we live and work, and on the opportunities and challenges these technologies will raise within the broadly defined domain of national security,” according to the event website. Larsen was among a small subset of honorees who were treated to lunch with the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
“DARPA organized Wait, What? to bring together forward-looking thinkers across a host of fields that are abundant with possibilities,” DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar said in the event press release. “In particular, our DARPA Rising effort aimed to identify and inspire some of the nation’s emerging leaders in research and technology—so we at DARPA can learn from them, and to make them aware of opportunities to apply their expertise in the important domain of national security.”
Larsen works as a postdoctoral scholar with Computer Science Professor Michael Franz. His research interests include information security, including software diversity and exploits and mitigations; compilers, including profiling, randomization and control-flow integrity; and systems software, including interpreters and virtual machines.
Van der Hoek to speak at SCSIM Fall Event
André van der Hoek
Department of Informatics Chair André van der Hoek will be speaking at the Southern California Society for Information Management (SCSIM) Fall Event: “The Southern California Disruptors—How Startups and the New Innovation Culture in Southern California are affecting IT” on Sept. 30 at the Long Beach Marriott. As the head of the UCI Software Design and Collaboration Lab, van der Hoek is part of a three-person panel that will relate their applicable experiences crucial to participating in the new business environment developing around us.
SUMMER 2015
Franz amasses $3.9 million in research funding
Michael Franz
This year alone, Computer Science Professor Michael Franz has accumulated over $3.9 million in research funding from prestigious organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Qualcomm, Oracle and Mozilla. This follows his trend of more than $1 million per year on average in research expenditures.
Franz currently runs two projects funded by DARPA’s Cyber Fault-Tolerant Attack Recovery (CFAR) Program, for which he received nearly $2 million and roughly $700,000 in May, respectively. The CFAR Program aims to “produce revolutionary breakthroughs in defensive cyber techniques that can be deployed to protect existing and planned software systems in both military and civilian contexts without requiring changes to the concept of operations of these systems,” according to a statement by program manager John Everett.
Franz also runs a project funded by DARPA’s Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware Program (VET), which addresses “the threat of hidden malicious functionality in COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) IT devices ... including mobile phones, printers, computer workstations and many other everyday items,” according to a statement by program manager Timothy Fraser. He received nearly $65,000 for this project.
Finally, in July, Franz received nearly $620,000 from the NSF for a collaborative project titled “ENCORE—ENhanced program protection through COmpiler-REwriter cooperation.” According to the abstract, the project will produce “a prototype implementation consisting of a producer-side metadata derivation engine, and a consumer-side binary rewriting engine using this metadata to safely perform binary code manipulation.” In the past year, Franz has also received unrestricted gifts from Qualcomm, Oracle and Mozilla totaling $263,000.
Below is a partial list of International Center forms. To view the complete list and download these forms, visit the International Center website, or go directly the F-1 or J-1 student pages.
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences University of California, Irvine 6210 Donald Bren Hall Irvine, CA 92697-3425 Dean's Office phone: (949) 824-7427 Dean's Office fax: (949) 824-3976 Student Affairs Office phone: (949) 824-5156
As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, the Bren School offers a broad array of undergraduate majors and minors in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics.
We invite you to explore the links on this page, which feature our courses, majors, and policies, as well as opportunities for student life in ICS. If you need assistance with specific questions about the undergraduate student experience, please contact our Office of Student Affairs, whose information is listed below.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone
(949) 824-5156
Fax
(949) 824-4163
Mailing Address
Bren School Student Affairs ICS Building, Suite 352 Irvine, CA 92697-3430
Office Hours
Monday thru Friday 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm
Questions submitted through e-mail will be reviewed by a peer academic advisor or undergraduate counselor.
Due to the volume of e-mails received, expect to wait a minimum of 2-3 business days for a response.
If your question is complex or time sensitive, we recommend that you come to walk-in hours or schedule an appointment.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AFFAIRS STAFF
Kristine Bolcer
Director of Student Affairs
Neha Rawal
Associate Director of Student Affairs
Jessica Shanahan
Undergraduate Counselor
Michelle V. Nguyen
Undergraduate Counselor
Mare Stasik
Office Manager
Lumen Hwang
Instructional Support Manager
PEER ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Ariel Xiao
Peer Academic Advisor
Benjamin You
Peer Academic Advisor
Carrie Shen
Peer Academic Advisor
Most walk-ins during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters will be with a Peer Academic Advisor. For more information on when appointments and walk-ins are available and how the types of meeting differ, please see the Appointments and Walk-In Advising page.
Peer counselors have completed intensive training from the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Bren School's SAO counselors. They are available for walk-in advising in the ICS Student Affairs Office (CS Building 1, Ste. 352) at the following times:
Winter 2016
Ariel
Benjamin
Carrie
Monday
2:30-4
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1-4
Tuesday
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11-12 1-2
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Wednesday
10:30-12
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1-4
Thursday
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11-12 1-2
9-12
Friday
9:30-12 1-4
10-12 1-4
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Career counseling is also available in the ICS Student Affairs office. Students can meet with Mark Carolino on a walk-in basis during the hours listed below:
Thursday:
1:00pm - 2:30pm*
Friday:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
* Except on scheduled Career Fair dates
» Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Tony Givargis
Please contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at adsa@ics.uci.edu to discuss concerns (not related to specific academic advising), or share your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of the Bren School's undergraduate program.
Associate Dean Givargis holds weekly office hours in the Bren School Student Affairs Office (SAO), ICS, Suite 352. Please call the SAO's front desk at (949)824-5156 to find out his hours of availability.
(And if you are not familiar with UCI's Code of Student Conduct, which is another aspect of academic integrity, we would encourage you to also take the time to explore the website of the Office of Student Conduct!)
» Academically
Honest Conduct
To be academically integrous means holding to values such as honesty, fairness, respect, and accountability in your scholastic pursuits. Students are expected to follow the rules and guidelines established by instructors for assignments and exams, and to accept responsibility for his or her own work. Examples of academically honest conduct are:
Turning in
work done alone or with the help of the course's staff (instructor, teaching assistant, or reader).
Submission of
one assignment for a group of students if group work is explicitly permitted
(or required).
Getting or
giving help on how to operate the computer or terminal.
Getting or
giving help on how to eliminate minor syntax errors.
High-level
discussion of course material for better comprehension.
Discussion of
assignments with the instructor or TA to better understand what is being asked for.
Seeking help from course staff and/or other campus resources if you do not understand the material or are feeling overwhelmed by your courseload.
» Academically Dishonest Conduct
Actions associated with academic dishonesty include cheating, lying, plagiarizing, forging, and stealing. Examples of such behavior in the classroom are:
Turning in
someone else's work as your own (with or without his or her knowledge). Submitting a completely duplicated assignment is a flagrant offense, but even copying only
a portion of the assignment and turning it in as your own is considered
cheating.
Allowing
someone else to turn in your work as his or her own.
Several people
writing one program and turning in multiple copies, all represented (implicitly
or explicitly) as individual work.
Using any part
of some else's work without proper acknowledgement. This is plagiarism.
Stealing an
examination or a solution from the instructor. This is an extremely flagrant
offense.
For instance, an
example of program plagiarism would be if an assignment that calls for independent development and implementation of a program
(assignment intent and specified ground rules) results in two or more
solutions so similar that one can be converted to another by a mechanical
transformation. Or, cheating might be suspected if a student who was to complete an assignment independently cannot explain both the intricacies of his or her
solution and the techniques used to generate that solution.
Any case in which academic dishonesty is suspected is given careful, individual scrutiny. The intent of an assignment, the ground rules specified by the instructor, and the behavior of the student are all factors considered before a decision is made.
In the event that an instructor writes a
letter accusing a student of academic dishonesty, the student may prepare a
statement giving his or her side of the case for inclusion in the student's file.
» Penalties of Academic Dishonesty
A recorded incident of academic
dishonesty may disqualify you for consideration for honors at graduation.
A first incident of academic dishonesty
(if egregious) may be sufficient to cause suspension or dismissal from the
University; a second incident likely will result in suspension or dismissal.
An incident of academic dishonesty is
sufficient to cause denial of a petition to change major into the Bren School.
An incident of academic dishonesty may
be sufficient to cause denial of admission into the Bren School Honors Program.
University: completion of all University Requirements as outlined in the General Catalogue.
School and Major: completion of all courses required for your School and Major
Units: credit for a minimum of 180 quarter units.
GPA:
2.0 GPA cumulative
2.0 GPA in your major
2.0 GPA in the upper-division courses in your major.
Senior Residency: 36 of the final 45 units completed for the bachelor’s degree must be earned in residence at the UCI campus (exceptions include courses taken through the Education Abroad Program, the UCDC Academic Internship Program, or the UC Center Sacramento Scholar Intern Program).
If you have any questions about requirements or your degree audit, please meet with a peer advisor or an academic counselor as soon as possible. You should be getting graduation checks at least twice a year as a senior.
Please be aware, however, that students are ultimately responsible for making sure they are on track and indeed meet all graduate requirements.
» Applying for Graduation
Graduation is not automatic! You must submit the online Application for Graduation, which is found on Student Access.
Review your degree audit carefully to make sure you will meet all University, Breadth, School and Major requirements. If there is a discrepancy or error, meet with a peer advisor immediately. Do not send an e-mail.
When you fill out the application, be sure to indicate minors, concentrations and specializations that you may be completing. Please also ensure that your diploma notification address and telephone number are correct.
Once the online Application has been submitted, only a Bren School academic counselor may make changes to it.
The Bren School's graduate application deadlines for 2014-15 are as follows. ALL courses must be completed by the end of the quarter in which you intend/apply to graduate.
Deadline
Quarter
Notes
September 21, 2015
Fall
December 11, 2015
Winter
If you intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
December 11, 2015
Winter
If you DO NOT intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
December 11, 2015
Spring
If you intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
March 11, 2016
Spring
If you DO NOT intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
December 11, 2015
Summer
If you intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
March 11, 2016
Summer
If you DO NOT intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
NOTE: If you submit an application for graduation past the deadline listed for the quarter above, it will be moved to the following quarter.
» Commencement and Honors
Commencement: Visit the official website of the UCI Commencement Office for full information
Latin Honors: No more than 12% of seniors graduating during an academic year (summer to spring) will receive Latin honors:
1 percent summa cum laude
3 percent magna cum laude
8 percent cum laude
Selection is based on the School’s winter quarter, rank-ordered grade point averages. To be eligible for honors at graduation:
You must have an application to graduate on file by the first week of February of the academic year you intend to graduate (e.g. if you are graduating Spring 2010, the application must be submitted by February of that same year)
You must be able to verify completion of all course work by the end of spring of the academic year you intend to graduate
You must be officially declared as a Bren School of ICS major
Seventy-two (72) quarter units in residence at a UC campus must be completed by the end of winter quarter of the academic year you intend to graduate.
Any corrections to your academic record must be processed by the Registrar's Office by March of the intended graduation year.
Note that latin honors designations are finalized after Spring grades are determined. Students who are eligible for latin honors based on Winter grades may see their designation go up, down, or off the latin honors scale.
Summer graduates participating in the June commencement ceremony prior to their date of graduation are not eligible for honors for that academic year; they will instead be considered for the following academic year.
» Transcript and Diploma
Degrees are posted to official transcripts approximately six to seven weeks after the end of the quarter in which they are conferred.
Diplomas will be available approximately four months after the quarter in which the degree was awarded. The Registrar’s Office will notify you by mail when your diploma is available. More information is available on the Registrar's website.
Upon graduation, academic records may not be changed. It is your responsibility to check the accuracy of your academic record, and to resolve all I and NR grades, before you graduate.
As members of the UCI community, all ICS students have access to a wide range of campus resources (a partial list of which can be viewed here). In addition to these, there are also opportunities for engagement and enrichment geared specifically towards ICS students.
ICS students are encouraged to complement their academics with extra-curricular activities such as research or joining a student organization. Benefits of this include, but are not limited to: networking with other students, faculty and companies; participating in social activities; forming study groups and friendships; attending various workshops and presentations; gaining deeper experience and knowledge of your chosen field; and more.
Stay up to date with upcoming events organized by ICS student organizations on the official ICS Clubs Events calendar.
» ICS Theme Housing
The Arroyo Vista theme house provides informal, academic and social functions for students interested in the field of information and computer science. The goals of this house are to expose residents to faculty, alumni and businesspersons in the information and computer sciences field.
Activities include:
visits to corporations
opportunities to participate in symposiums and workshops centering on academic success
community and career opportunities
preparation for graduate/professional schools and learning skills
social activities
The house is open to all students with an interest in information and computer sciences.
» Honors Opportunities
Students may apply to be in the ICS Honors Program during Spring quarter if they meet certain academic criteria and have the support of faculty. Benefits of being in the ICS Honors Program include networking with other ICS Honors students, conducting research with a faculty mentor, and working on a thesis.
UC LEADS: This program offers educationally or economically disadvantaged sophomore students (or juniors planning on staying a complete fifth year) in science, technology, engineering or mathematics programs an opportunity to begin research training at the very beginning of their junior year
UROP: The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program encourages and facilitates research and creative activities by undergraduates from all schools and academic disciplines at UCI. Programs include SURP, SURF-IT, MDP, and others.
» ICS Scholarships
To search for some available scholarships, students should visit the resources below.
The Bren School offers undergraduate students the following competitive scholarships and student awards.
The application period for scholarships has closed. Please check back in the Spring for more opportunities.
These awards are possible through the generous support of our community, industry friends, and ICS endowments.
These individuals and companies, through their commitment to higher education, play an active role in the future of information technology by helping deserving and highly competent students afford a quality education.
OVERVIEW: The Bob and Barbara Kleist Endowment was established through the generous donation from Bob and Barbara Kleist themselves. This award is designated to support undergraduate students who have transferred to UCI from a community college and who are preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $2,500 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Transfer students only
Academic excellence
Essay required
STEVE & JENNY MIZUSAWA ENDOWED STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Steve and Jenny Mizusawa Student Award Endowment was established in 2005 through the generous donation from Steve and Jenny themselves. This award is designated to support undergraduate juniors and seniors preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARD: 1 award of $1,500
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Juniors and Seniors
Minimum ICS GPA of 3.0
Self nomination and/or faculty recommendation
Essay required
ACCENTURE ENDOWED OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW:The Accenture Endowed Outstanding Junior Award was established through and endowment in 1992 by Accenture to recognize and financially assist selected student recipients during their final year at UC Irvine.
AWARD: 1 award of $1,500
SELECTION CRITERIA:
3.0 ICS GPA minimum
Graduate in the following academic year
40% academic standing
30% demonstrated leadership abilities
30% civic and/or charitable involvement (eg. volunteerism with various charity or civic minded organizations or individuals efforts taken by the applicants)
Essay required
ESSIE LEV ENDOWED MEMORIAL STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Essie Lev Endowed Memorial Student Award was established by Sara Sandel to honor her sister and former UC Irvine academic counselor Essie Lev. The award is designated for transfer or re-entering undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $1,250 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Transfer or re-entry students only
ICS majors
Demonstrated campus or community service
Essay required
JULIAN FELDMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Julian Feldman Scholarship was established in 1998 by Jim Hobbs ’73 in honor of ICS Professor Emeritus Julian Feldman. The scholarship used to be funded through an annual gift made by Jim and Trinidad Hobbs. In 2006, the scholarship was turned into an Endowed Scholarship, now called, The Julian Feldman Endowed Scholarship in ICS, funded through Jim Hobbs’ annual gifts as well as gifts from ICS’ Annual Fund campaign.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $1,250 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
High academic standing
Possess demonstrated leadership abilities
No essay required
KENNETH SIMMS ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Kenneth Simms Memorial Scholarship endowment was established in 1989 by Laguna Software to honor UCI alumnus and one of the most significant contributors to the development of the PICK Operating System, Kenneth Simms ’70.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $2,000 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Academic excellence
Recipient must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident
The recipient should be preparing for a profession in the field of computer science
The recipient is selected by the selection committe according to the guidelines
Demonstrated financial need
No essay required
SUMALEE JOHNSON TRANSFER STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Sumalee Johnson Transfer Student Award was established through the generous donation from ICS alumnus, Sumlalee Johnson '82. This award is designated to support undergraduate students who have transferred to UCI from a community college and who are preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
Welcome to the ICS news page! Below you'll find links to press releases, articles from national and local media featuring the school, as well as noteworthy achievements of our faculty, students and staff. Media interested in interviewing ICS faculty, students or alumni should contact Matt Miller at (949) 824-1562 or via email: communications@ics.uci.edu.
Press Releases Current listing and archive of press releases and media advisories.
Videos Visit our YouTube page to view a wide range of videos, from student life, to innovative research and alumni profiles.
Features Stories about our faculty, students, alumni, staff and programs.
Noteworthy Achievements Collection of news briefs about faculty or student awards, accolades and recognition.
In the News Articles in global, national, local and campus media that feature or mention the Bren School, our students or faculty members.
Annual Reports Check out our current and past issues of the ICS Annual Report.
BrenBits A quarterly e-newsletter with news and event updates.
Stay Connected Subscribe to the ICS RSS feed to get news delivered directly to your desktop.
Every day, our faculty and students make important research contributions that bring real and positive change to people worldwide.
Below are examples of the life-changing work conducted at the Bren School of ICS.
The project investigates adaptive strategies to deal with dynamic application environments for distributed, networked embedded systems, covering diverse applications such as the Internet-of-Things low-power mobile systems.
All of the data collected about us is used to make decisions about what sort of products and financial offers we receive. How does this manifest in our self-image, and what are the historical and legal implications?
This online diagnostic survey looks at how to improve collaborations on projects where workers are spread out geographically. The survey probes factors that may strengthen or weaken the collaboration and provides reports that help build productive collaborations.
When software fails it must be "debugged," a largely manual process that determines why the program failed. This project is creating tools and visualizations that give an automated diagnosis to help software developers create effective and efficient software.
In collaboration with UCI biologists, researchers will use their pioneering GRN mathematical models along with machine learning-based inference methods to computationally understand the gene-regulation network that determines early endoderm patterning in vertebrates.
Researchers are developing new statistical machine learning algorithms that can automatically extract useful information from both large bodies of and large social network data sets.
This project seeks to exploit useful overlap between formally defined scientific modeling languages researchers have developed for computational biology, including machine-learning techniques for model reduction.
In collaboration with neuroscientists, this project develops modeling and simulation frameworks for exploring large spiking neural networks, with a specific focus on visually guided motion perception, learning, tracking and autonomous navigation.
Modern technology has helped create workplaces filled with interruptions, influencing work flow and productivity. This project studies information workers to figure out ways of mitigating the impact of constant interruptions.
Researchers are developing new statistical methods to flexibly estimate the association between spatially and/or temporally correlated environmental exposures and the risk of clinical outcomes in humans.
This scalable data collection, querying and analysis technology allows for the creation of situational awareness applications from across diverse, multimodal sensors and data sources.
This project explores the idea of using "program similarity" to find better heuristics that require a lot less time and effort to find a solution. Program similarity can be defined in a number of ways and part of this research is seeking to find intrinsic program characteristics that can be used for this purpose.
There is growing awareness that living within the Earth's means is crucial to humanity. This sustainability has been focused on engineering advances to reduce waste and energy use. But information and computing technology could also play a key role. This project seeks to understand the potential of information technology in helping people make smarter decisions and ways in which to make IT software more sustainable.
Under the context of decision making, this project seeks to develop novel statistical approaches for identifying brain connectivity features from high dimensional multimodal imaging spatio-temporal data that can predict human behavior.
For many people living with autism spectrum disorder, remembering detailed schedules can be a challenge. A well planned day can be disrupted by a late bus or cancelled work. ActivityCoach, a mobile application, provides support that adapts to changing schedules.
Parts of the UCI campus are equipped with a variety of experimental sensing, networking, storage and computing technologies to convert the campus into a "living laboratory." Data from I-Sensorium infrastructure is driving experimental research on pervasive systems, mobile computing, situation awareness, big data management, data streams, multimodal event detection and privacy.
Teams that are productive tend to have a great amount of trust among the team members. In virtual teams, trust is difficult to establish. This project explores how trust is formed among team members, and it's creating tools to help teams that are spread out geographically develop trust.
This project seeks to understand the personal and cultural values we design into our technologies, and how these technologies allow us to express our values. For example, how do we balance values of efficiency and security with a need for friendliness and fun when we design a new electronic marketplace?
WebRTC is an exciting new standard being developed to provide real-time communication capabilities between browsers. It is a major component of the HTML5, the newest version of HTML protocol under development today. This project develops methodology and software for performing multi-platform, browser-independent performance benchmarking. The benchmarking results will be used to optimize and improve WebRTC performance on mobile devices.
Department of Computer Science
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/courses/index.php
undergraduate course listing @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
This site will look much better in a browser that supports web standards, but it is accessible to any browser or Internet device.
This is a tentative schedule of CompSci, CSE, ICS, Informatics and Statistics courses that the Bren School is planning to offer.
Please note that this proposed course schedule, while NOT guaranteed, is intended to help with your general academic planning. You are encouraged to consider back-up options that align with your intended date of graduation, since course offerings and faculty assignments may change. Please note that some of the upper division core courses will NOT be offered every quarter.
If you need help with your course planning, please schedule an appointment with an academic counselor. They can also provide information about proposed course offerings for summer sessions, which are not included in this list.
NOTE: The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered “final”. Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/index.php
undergraduate education @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, the Bren School offers a broad array of undergraduate majors and minors in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics.
We invite you to explore the links on this page, which feature our courses, majors, and policies, as well as opportunities for student life in ICS. If you need assistance with specific questions about the undergraduate student experience, please contact our Office of Student Affairs, whose information is listed below.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Telephone
(949) 824-5156
Fax
(949) 824-4163
Mailing Address
Bren School Student Affairs ICS Building, Suite 352 Irvine, CA 92697-3430
Office Hours
Monday thru Friday 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm
Questions submitted through e-mail will be reviewed by a peer academic advisor or undergraduate counselor.
Due to the volume of e-mails received, expect to wait a minimum of 2-3 business days for a response.
If your question is complex or time sensitive, we recommend that you come to walk-in hours or schedule an appointment.
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AFFAIRS STAFF
Kristine Bolcer
Director of Student Affairs
Neha Rawal
Associate Director of Student Affairs
Jessica Shanahan
Undergraduate Counselor
Michelle V. Nguyen
Undergraduate Counselor
Mare Stasik
Office Manager
Lumen Hwang
Instructional Support Manager
PEER ACADEMIC ADVISORS
Ariel Xiao
Peer Academic Advisor
Benjamin You
Peer Academic Advisor
Carrie Shen
Peer Academic Advisor
Most walk-ins during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters will be with a Peer Academic Advisor. For more information on when appointments and walk-ins are available and how the types of meeting differ, please see the Appointments and Walk-In Advising page.
Peer counselors have completed intensive training from the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Bren School's SAO counselors. They are available for walk-in advising in the ICS Student Affairs Office (CS Building 1, Ste. 352) at the following times:
Winter 2016
Ariel
Benjamin
Carrie
Monday
2:30-4
-
1-4
Tuesday
-
11-12 1-2
-
Wednesday
10:30-12
-
1-4
Thursday
-
11-12 1-2
9-12
Friday
9:30-12 1-4
10-12 1-4
-
Career counseling is also available in the ICS Student Affairs office. Students can meet with Mark Carolino on a walk-in basis during the hours listed below:
Thursday:
1:00pm - 2:30pm*
Friday:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
* Except on scheduled Career Fair dates
» Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Tony Givargis
Please contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at adsa@ics.uci.edu to discuss concerns (not related to specific academic advising), or share your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of the Bren School's undergraduate program.
Associate Dean Givargis holds weekly office hours in the Bren School Student Affairs Office (SAO), ICS, Suite 352. Please call the SAO's front desk at (949)824-5156 to find out his hours of availability.
Academic advising is available during regular office hours through appointments scheduled in advance, or same day walk-in meetings when counseling staff is available. A comparsion of the two types of meetings, as well as a timeline of when they are available, is below.
Appointments
Walk-Ins
Appointments are with an Academic Counselor
Can be with an Academic Counselor or a Peer Academic Counselor
Scheduled at least 24 hours in advance in person or by calling the ICS Student Affairs front desk at (949) 824-5156
Students sign in and are seen on the same day
Generally lasts 30 minutes
Generally 15 minutes or shorter
Recommended for complicated concerns regarding probation, withdrawal, readmission, etc.
Ideal for schedule planning, degree checks, questions about policies, petitions, etc.
May require a waiting period of a week or more as appointment slots can fill far in advance
Meetings are available on short notice (wait times will vary)
Appointment and Walk-In Availability Reference
Appointments
Walk-ins
Week 1
NO
Yes
Week 2
NO
Yes
Week 3
Yes
Yes
Week 4
Yes
Yes
Week 5
Yes
Yes
Week 6
Yes
Yes
Week 7
Yes
Yes
Week 8
Yes
Yes
Week 9
Yes
Yes
Week 10
NO
Yes
Finals Week
NO
Yes
Winter/Spring Break
Yes
NO
Summer
Yes
Limited*
* Walk-in availability during the summer is limited and may vary from week to week. If you are driving long distance, please call in advance for more information about the walk-in schedule for the day or week of your planned visit.
Be aware that there is usually a wait to do a walk-in, especially during Weeks 1-2, and Weeks 8-10.
Walk-ins are not available during the Winter and Spring breaks.
Walk-ins can be with a Staff Counselor or a Peer Academic Counselor.
For students whose first degree was from another institution other than UC Irvine:
Applications will be accepted for the Fall quarter only. Applications must be submitted during the filing period in order to be considered for Fall admission. Detailed information on the application procedure can be found on the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools website.
For students whose first degree was completed at UC Irvine:
Applications will be accepted for any quarter. Former UC Irvine students must meet with an academic counselor to discuss admission for the second baccalaureate. Former UCI students will be admitted via the campus' readmission policy. Students must meet with an ICS academic counselor to process the readmission application. All interested individuals must adhere to the readmission deadlines that are set by the Registrar's Office.
Applications cannot be considered or activated until all required coursework is completed and relevant transcripts are received.
Required coursework may be completed at UCI or with equivalent courses taken at an accredited institution. Courses taken at a four-year or two-year institution can be examined by UC Irvine faculty through a petition process to determine equivalency. In order to determine equivalency, a course syllabus/outline with a course description, weekly topics, and a textbook (if necessary) must be submitted to syllabi@ics.uci.edu
Courses may be taken at UCI through ACCESS UCI via University Extension. For more information about ACCESS and the process, contact an ICS academic counselor.
Courses taken at universities other than local community colleges should be evaluated for equivalency before submitting your application to ensure you have completed all relevant coursework. Articulation agreements between California community colleges and the Bren School of ICS can be found at www.assist.org.
Grade point averages as stated in the policy are required. If you complete several math and computer science courses and find you are not earning high enough grades, you may need to reconsider your decision to apply for a second baccalaureate degree in ICS. You may decide not to finish the required course work if you will not be able to get into ICS. The academic counselors in ICS are available to discuss your chances of being admitted to the program and to help you to identify other options.
(And if you are not familiar with UCI's Code of Student Conduct, which is another aspect of academic integrity, we would encourage you to also take the time to explore the website of the Office of Student Conduct!)
» Academically Honest Conduct
To be academically integrous means holding to values such as honesty, fairness, respect, and accountability in your scholastic pursuits. Students are expected to follow the rules and guidelines established by instructors for assignments and exams, and to accept responsibility for his or her own work. Examples of academically honest conduct are:
Turning in work done alone or with the help of the course's staff (instructor, teaching assistant, or reader).
Submission of one assignment for a group of students if group work is explicitly permitted (or required).
Getting or giving help on how to operate the computer or terminal.
Getting or giving help on how to eliminate minor syntax errors.
High-level discussion of course material for better comprehension.
Discussion of assignments with the instructor or TA to better understand what is being asked for.
Seeking help from course staff and/or other campus resources if you do not understand the material or are feeling overwhelmed by your courseload.
» Academically Dishonest Conduct
Actions associated with academic dishonesty include cheating, lying, plagiarizing, forging, and stealing. Examples of such behavior in the classroom are:
Turning in someone else's work as your own (with or without his or her knowledge). Submitting a completely duplicated assignment is a flagrant offense, but even copying only a portion of the assignment and turning it in as your own is considered cheating.
Allowing someone else to turn in your work as his or her own.
Several people writing one program and turning in multiple copies, all represented (implicitly or explicitly) as individual work.
Using any part of some else's work without proper acknowledgement. This is plagiarism.
Stealing an examination or a solution from the instructor. This is an extremely flagrant offense.
For instance, an example of program plagiarism would be if an assignment that calls for independent development and implementation of a program (assignment intent and specified ground rules) results in two or more solutions so similar that one can be converted to another by a mechanical transformation. Or, cheating might be suspected if a student who was to complete an assignment independently cannot explain both the intricacies of his or her solution and the techniques used to generate that solution.
Any case in which academic dishonesty is suspected is given careful, individual scrutiny. The intent of an assignment, the ground rules specified by the instructor, and the behavior of the student are all factors considered before a decision is made.
In the event that an instructor writes a letter accusing a student of academic dishonesty, the student may prepare a statement giving his or her side of the case for inclusion in the student's file.
» Penalties of Academic Dishonesty
A recorded incident of academic dishonesty may disqualify you for consideration for honors at graduation.
A first incident of academic dishonesty (if egregious) may be sufficient to cause suspension or dismissal from the University; a second incident likely will result in suspension or dismissal.
An incident of academic dishonesty is sufficient to cause denial of a petition to change major into the Bren School.
An incident of academic dishonesty may be sufficient to cause denial of admission into the Bren School Honors Program.
Students' academic status is reviewed on a quarterly basis. Academic standing is determined by GPA and degree progress. To stay in good standing:
Maintain a quarterly and cumulative GPA above 2.0, and
Make progress towards your chosen degree
The Student Affairs Office will notify the student of their academic probation status via their UCI email account. The letter will include an academic probation contract. The contract will outline specific conditions that must be met in order to return to good academic standing.
It is the student’s responsibility to:
manage their UCI account
to read and respond to official messages from their academic counselors in a timely manner.
monitor academic progress and maintain good academic standing.
Failure to follow through on the steps outlined in your academic probation letter will result in an administrative hold on the student’s record.
Student should contact their academic counselor soon after receiving the academic probation notification to ensure their upcoming course load is reasonable and to learn about helpful campus resources.
» Academic Probation
Students are subject to probation any time their quarterly or cumulative GPA falls below 2.0, or if they have violated one or more terms of the academic probation contract they are currently on.
**If a student’s term or cumulative GPA falls below a 1.5, the student will be dismissed from the Donald Bren School of ICS effective immediately. This policy applies to full-time and part-time students.
» Academic Probation Stages
Academic Probation 1
-AP 1 results if the student’s term or cumulative GPA falls below a 2.0.
-Student will be placed on an academic probation contract for the following quarter.
Academic Probation 2 / Subject to Disqualification
-AP 2 results if the student is on two consecutive quarters of academic probation, or has not met one or more terms of the academic probation 1 contract.
-Student is subject to disqualification
-Student is given the opportunity to appeal the possible / pending disqualification status
*Please note that being subject to disqualification is NOT the same as being formally disqualified
» Submitting a Letter of Appeal
A letter of appeal should explain any unusual or extenuating circumstances that contributed to the student's academic difficulties. It must also detail the student's plans and actions for effectively addressing these circumstances (including the use of campus resources) so student can return to good academic standing.
The Associate Dean will carefully review the student's appeal letter, transcript and academic file with the academic counselors before making a decision. Note that the Associate Dean for Student Affairs is the chief academic officer for the Bren School of ICS, and his decisions regarding disqualification appeals are final.
If the appeal is granted, the student will be held to an academic contract that outlines the expectations and timeframe for returning to good academic standing.
If the appeal is denied, the student will be formally disqualified from the major, the Bren School of ICS, and UC Irvine.
*Instructions on how to appeal, including deadline and where to send the letter will be indicated in the student’s academic probation letter.
» Disqualification
If a student is formally disqualified, he or she will be restricted from registering for courses or using university services after a stated date. The Registrar's Office will also be instructed to note the effective date of the disqualification on the student's official transcript. An official letter will be sent to the student's permanent address on file.
It is recommended for the student to see an academic counselor to learn about the readmission process and policy.
» Readmission
If a student has been formally disqualified, the student is encouraged to make an appointment to speak with an academic counselor to learn about the readmission policy and to strategize future plans and goals. Please visit the page on Withdrawal and Readmission for additional information.
If / when the student readmits to ICS after having been academically disqualified, the student must for the first quarter of return earn a 2.0 term GPA and Cs or higher in each course. Failure to meet these terms may result in academic probation or being subject to disqualification.
It is the student's responsibility to make decisions about his/her
educational and career goals.
Academic counselors are here to help students work towards those goals,
and academic advising is an intentional partnership between the student and
his/her advisor(s) in which the shared goal is the student’s academic
success.
Whenever you have a question about your academic standing, progress, or goals
Once a quarter, or at least once a year, to make sure you are on track
Three quarters before your intended graduation date
» Some Benefits of Consistent Academic Advising Meetings
Be confident that you are on track for graduation
Receive assistance with short- and long-term goal setting
Get help with planning and selecting courses to meet your academic and career goals
Obtain referrals to and advice about campus resources and
opportunities
Gain clarification on University and School policies and procedures
» While Meeting with an Advisor
Arrive on time (if meeting during a scheduled appointment)
Come prepared with questions and concerns
Honestly discuss your goals, interests, and priorities
Keep an open mind to consider the options presented to you
Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you don't understand something
» What it is a Study Plan, and Why Should You Have One?
A Study Plan maps out of the courses and/or units you would need
to take in the upcoming academic year(s) in order to make progress on your
degree requirements.
It presents a bird's eye view of your course load and potential
academic commitments over the year
It allows you to make quick adjustments to your schedule and plan ahead
It can help reduce stress when enrolling for classes
» Tips for Building a Study Plan
Know what classes you need to take. These include courses that
satisfy University and School Requirements, as well as any core courses
required for your major.
Make special note of any required classes that are only offered once
a year or once every other year, or must be taken in a specific order.
Pay attention to course prerequisites, and know which ones you have
cleared. If you need to submit a prerequisite clearing request, take care of it
in advance.
Use the tentative academic year course plan when mapping out your
year. But keep in mind that this course plan is tentative, so some of the
elective classes you were hoping to take may be cancelled or conflict with each
other.
It is the student's responsibility to make decisions about his/her
educational and career goals.
Academic counselors are here to help students work towards those goals,
and academic advising is an intentional partnership between the student and
his/her advisor(s) in which the shared goal is the student’s academic
success.
Whenever you have a question about your academic standing, progress, or goals
Once a quarter, or at least once a year, to make sure you are on track
Three quarters before your intended graduation date
» Some Benefits of Consistent Academic Advising Meetings
Be confident that you are on track for graduation
Receive assistance with short- and long-term goal setting
Get help with planning and selecting courses to meet your academic and career goals
Obtain referrals to and advice about campus resources and
opportunities
Gain clarification on University and School policies and procedures
» While Meeting with an Advisor
Arrive on time (if meeting during a scheduled appointment)
Come prepared with questions and concerns
Honestly discuss your goals, interests, and priorities
Keep an open mind to consider the options presented to you
Don’t be afraid to ask questions if you don't understand something
» What it is a Study Plan, and Why Should You Have One?
A Study Plan maps out of the courses and/or units you would need
to take in the upcoming academic year(s) in order to make progress on your
degree requirements.
It presents a bird's eye view of your course load and potential
academic commitments over the year
It allows you to make quick adjustments to your schedule and plan ahead
It can help reduce stress when enrolling for classes
» Tips for Building a Study Plan
Know what classes you need to take. These include courses that
satisfy University and School Requirements, as well as any core courses
required for your major.
Make special note of any required classes that are only offered once
a year or once every other year, or must be taken in a specific order.
Pay attention to course prerequisites, and know which ones you have
cleared. If you need to submit a prerequisite clearing request, take care of it
in advance.
Use the tentative academic year course plan when mapping out your
year. But keep in mind that this course plan is tentative, so some of the
elective classes you were hoping to take may be cancelled or conflict with each
other.
As members of the UCI community, all ICS students have access to a wide range of campus resources (a partial list of which can be viewed here). In addition to these, there are also opportunities for engagement and enrichment geared specifically towards ICS students.
ICS students are encouraged to complement their academics with extra-curricular activities such as research or joining a student organization. Benefits of this include, but are not limited to: networking with other students, faculty and companies; participating in social activities; forming study groups and friendships; attending various workshops and presentations; gaining deeper experience and knowledge of your chosen field; and more.
Stay up to date with upcoming events organized by ICS student organizations on the official ICS Clubs Events calendar.
» ICS Theme Housing
The Arroyo Vista theme house provides informal, academic and social functions for students interested in the field of information and computer science. The goals of this house are to expose residents to faculty, alumni and businesspersons in the information and computer sciences field.
Activities include:
visits to corporations
opportunities to participate in symposiums and workshops centering on academic success
community and career opportunities
preparation for graduate/professional schools and learning skills
social activities
The house is open to all students with an interest in information and computer sciences.
» Honors Opportunities
Students may apply to be in the ICS Honors Program during Spring quarter if they meet certain academic criteria and have the support of faculty. Benefits of being in the ICS Honors Program include networking with other ICS Honors students, conducting research with a faculty mentor, and working on a thesis.
UC LEADS: This program offers educationally or economically disadvantaged sophomore students (or juniors planning on staying a complete fifth year) in science, technology, engineering or mathematics programs an opportunity to begin research training at the very beginning of their junior year
UROP: The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program encourages and facilitates research and creative activities by undergraduates from all schools and academic disciplines at UCI. Programs include SURP, SURF-IT, MDP, and others.
» ICS Scholarships
To search for some available scholarships, students should visit the resources below.
All Bren School and Major requirements must be taken for a letter grade unless the
required course is designated as “P/NP Only”.
» Calculating your GPA
The Official UC GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of Grade Points by the total number of Attempted UC Units.
Letter Grade
Grade Points
A
4 points per unit
B
3 points per unit
C
2 points per unit
D
1 points per unit
F and I (incomplete)
0 points per unit
A+ grade is assigned 4 points per unit.
Plus or minus suffixes modify
the above by plus or minus 0.3 grade point per unit. E.g., B+ is 3.3 points
per unit, D- is 0.7 points per unit.
Non-letter grades (P, NP, I, etc.) are excluded in calculating GPA.
Example: A student takes the following courses and receives
the grades:
Course
Units
Grade Received
Grade Points
Total Grade Points
Math
4
A
4.0
16.0
Writing
4
B-
2.7
10.8
Science
4
C+
2.3
9.2
Art
4
P
0.0
0
Total Grade Points (36.0) = 3.0 GPA
Total Units Passed with Letter Grade
(12)
» Pass/No Pass
The P/NP grading option may be used for courses that count toward the unit requirement for the B.A. degree, and toward
the General Education Requirement.
No more than two P/NP courses may be applied to any minor on campus.
An average of 4 units may be taken P/NP per quarter
No more than 12 units TOTAL may be applied towards graduation requirements during your undergraduate career.
Undergraduate
and graduate students may not receive unit credit or earn grade points for
college courses in which the content duplicates material of a previously
completed course or examination for which the student has been granted college
credit.
» Repeating
Deficient Grades
A course may
be repeated only when grades of C-, D+, D, D-, F, or NP were received. Unit credit for courses so repeated will be given only once.
The grade assigned at each enrollment shall be permanently recorded.
Only the most recently received grades
and grade points shall be used for the first 16 units repeated when calculating
GPA. (The grade point average is based on all additional grades assigned in
cases of further course repetitions.)
Beginning in Fall 2014, students enrolling in ICS 31/CSE 41, ICS 32/CSE 42, and ICS 33/CSE 43 are required to own a personal
laptop for coursework.
» If You're Planning to Get a New Laptop
Students receiving financial aid in the fall can request an additional
one-time budget increase of up to $2,000 for a new computer. The additional
funding available is limited to student and/or parent loans, depending on
eligibility and borrowing limits. This
allowance covers hardware, software, monitor, printer, and extended warranty.
Students
are encouraged to visit or contact the Office of Financial Aid and
Scholarships, 102 Aldrich Hall, by email at finaid@uci.edu, or phone at (949)
824-8262, for details on the budget increase process and limitations.
» Recommended Computer Specifications
RAM: 4 GB or higher
Hard drive: 250 GB or more
Processor: Intel Core i5 or i7, or similar AMD
Weight: Students are expected to bring their laptops to
class so please consider weight if this is a factor for you.
Screen: When writing/debugging programs, more screen
space tends to be very useful.
Warranty: Extended hardware warranty is recommended.
*If you have a laptop that was purchased within the last 4
years, the system should be adequate for lower division work. Your computer should be running an operating
system which will receive security updates and should be minimum 2 GB of RAM
and have sufficient hard drive space to install required programs.
**Recommended, but not required:
Laptop cable and lock
External monitor, keyboard and mouse
USB drive or external hard drive for data back-ups
Small black & white laser printer (Printers for use are
available throughout campus; nominal fee to print)
If you need to connect from off-campus to UCI's network, check out the UCI Libraries' page on this topic to get set up.
» Computer Use Policies
All ICS students should make themselves familiar with the Bren school's policies governing computer use. Be sure to review the information provided in the below pages, as well as on the pages maintained by ICS Computing Support.
Students who are planning to withdraw from the University are encouraged to seek advice from an academic
counselor to discuss the withdrawal and readmission
process.
» Withdrawing from UCI
If the decision to withdraw is made after tuition and fees
for an academic quarter are paid, a Withdrawal form is required. The form can be picked up in any academic advising office (including the ICS Student Affairs Office), as well as from the Registrar's Office. Bren Students must obtain the signature of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs before submitting the form to the Registrar's Office for processing. Please note that an ICS academic counselor may sign on the Associate Dean for Student Affairs' behalf.
If the decision to withdraw is made before tuitions and fees for the next quarter are paid, a formal notice of withdrawal or withdrawal form is not
necessary, although recommended.
» Readmitting to UCI
Readmission to UCI and the Bren School of ICS is NOT
automatic. There are different policies and processes for readmission based on the student's reasons for and time of withdrawal.
If a student is seeking to readmit after voluntary withdrawal from UCI while in good standing, readmission will be granted if the student re-enrolls within one year. After more than one year, it will be considred on a case by case basis. The Associate Dean for Student Affairs will make the decision to readmit a student based on additional documentation, including the following:
number of completed units while at UCI
number of units remaining for completion of general
education and degree requirements
grades for coursework taken at other institutions or through ACCESS UCI
demonstrated readiness for the academic challenge of UCI coursework.
All materials required for readmission petition must be
submitted as a complete package. An academic counselor will attach a summary of
previous course work and/or contract conditions for the Associate Dean’s
consideration.
There are additional readmission requirements if a student withdrew while on academic probation or after academic disqualification:
Students must meet with an ICS academic counselor well in advance of the
quarter in which the student plans on readmitting. Readmission
applications are processed by ICS academic counselors.
Note that only UC-transferable courses will be considered when determining
a student's eligibility for readmission to one of the Bren School majors.
A readmitted student who has not been enrolled at UCI for
three or more consecutive quarters must adhere to the graduation
requirements in effect for the quarter in which the student is
readmitted, OR those
subsequently established.
University: completion of all University Requirements as outlined in the General Catalogue.
School and Major: completion of all courses required for your School and Major
Units: credit for a minimum of 180 quarter units.
GPA:
2.0 GPA cumulative
2.0 GPA in your major
2.0 GPA in the upper-division courses in your major.
Senior Residency: 36 of the final 45 units completed for the bachelor’s degree must be earned in residence at the UCI campus (exceptions include courses taken through the Education Abroad Program, the UCDC Academic Internship Program, or the UC Center Sacramento Scholar Intern Program).
If you have any questions about requirements or your degree audit, please meet with a peer advisor or an academic counselor as soon as possible. You should be getting graduation checks at least twice a year as a senior.
Please be aware, however, that students are ultimately responsible for making sure they are on track and indeed meet all graduate requirements.
» Applying for Graduation
Graduation is not automatic! You must submit the online Application for Graduation, which is found on Student Access.
Review your degree audit carefully to make sure you will meet all University, Breadth, School and Major requirements. If there is a discrepancy or error, meet with a peer advisor immediately. Do not send an e-mail.
When you fill out the application, be sure to indicate minors, concentrations and specializations that you may be completing. Please also ensure that your diploma notification address and telephone number are correct.
Once the online Application has been submitted, only a Bren School academic counselor may make changes to it.
The Bren School's graduate application deadlines for 2014-15 are as follows. ALL courses must be completed by the end of the quarter in which you intend/apply to graduate.
Deadline
Quarter
Notes
September 21, 2015
Fall
December 11, 2015
Winter
If you intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
December 11, 2015
Winter
If you DO NOT intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
December 11, 2015
Spring
If you intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
March 11, 2016
Spring
If you DO NOT intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
December 11, 2015
Summer
If you intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
March 11, 2016
Summer
If you DO NOT intend to participate in the Commencement Ceremony
NOTE: If you submit an application for graduation past the deadline listed for the quarter above, it will be moved to the following quarter.
» Commencement and Honors
Commencement: Visit the official website of the UCI Commencement Office for full information
Latin Honors: No more than 12% of seniors graduating during an academic year (summer to spring) will receive Latin honors:
1 percent summa cum laude
3 percent magna cum laude
8 percent cum laude
Selection is based on the School’s winter quarter, rank-ordered grade point averages. To be eligible for honors at graduation:
You must have an application to graduate on file by the first week of February of the academic year you intend to graduate (e.g. if you are graduating Spring 2010, the application must be submitted by February of that same year)
You must be able to verify completion of all course work by the end of spring of the academic year you intend to graduate
You must be officially declared as a Bren School of ICS major
Seventy-two (72) quarter units in residence at a UC campus must be completed by the end of winter quarter of the academic year you intend to graduate.
Any corrections to your academic record must be processed by the Registrar's Office by March of the intended graduation year.
Note that latin honors designations are finalized after Spring grades are determined. Students who are eligible for latin honors based on Winter grades may see their designation go up, down, or off the latin honors scale.
Summer graduates participating in the June commencement ceremony prior to their date of graduation are not eligible for honors for that academic year; they will instead be considered for the following academic year.
» Transcript and Diploma
Degrees are posted to official transcripts approximately six to seven weeks after the end of the quarter in which they are conferred.
Diplomas will be available approximately four months after the quarter in which the degree was awarded. The Registrar’s Office will notify you by mail when your diploma is available. More information is available on the Registrar's website.
Upon graduation, academic records may not be changed. It is your responsibility to check the accuracy of your academic record, and to resolve all I and NR grades, before you graduate.
Open to continuing students with the most recent quarterly and cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
Excess units are not intended to increase waitlist options. Only submit requests if you plan on taking more than four classes
Requests for over 20 units must detail which courses you intend to take and why
Petitions are subject to review and final approval by the Associate Dean
» The "Dean's Signature"
The Dean's Signature may be obtained at the Bren ICS Student Affairs Office.
Counselors are authorized to provide Dean's review and signature in all instances involving LATE add/drop/change of grading option requests done via the on-line Enrollment Exceptions system, and on other student-related forms issued by the Registrar's Office or other administrative offices.
REVIEW the degree requirements for the major you want to add.
DRAFT a four- or five-year study plan of the courses you will need to complete for both degrees. Expect this plan to evolve as class offerings will change from year to year! Even with changes, you will still have a better idea of what classes you will be taking than if you had just taken them without any forethought. Note that a study plan is mandatory if you are: over 90 units (not including units acquired outside of UCI), a transfer student, OR entering your third quarter.
MEET with a Peer Academic Advisor or academic counselor to discuss how to most efficiently meet the additional degree requirements— Don't forget to bring your study plan! If you are going to double major in two different Schools, it is advised you meet with a counselor in each School.
SUBMIT the application through Student Access (under Applications > Change of Major)
Also keep in mind:
some ICS major combinations are not allowed; check the Double Major Restrictions Chart to see what degree programs are eligible for double majoring.
ICS students may not add a double major during his or her senior year at UCI. Students will be directed to consider a Second Baccalaureate program in Computer Science, CSE, Informatics or Software Engineering.
some majors (e.g., Biology) require that you graduate within four years regardless of single or double majors. If you are hoping to double major with degrees from another School and ICS, you may wish to do an ICS Second Baccalaureate instead.
A minor is an established set of courses which together take a student beyond the introductory level in an academic field, subject, and/or discipline. They are a way to pursue a focused study in an additional subject that complements your major, career goals, or is an area of personal interest.
A minor in the computer science field, for instance, can help prepare students for a profession, career, or academic pursuit in which computer science is an integral part but is not the primary focus.
Most minors, including all minors within Bren ICS, do not need to be officially declared. However, a few minors at UCI do have specific declaration procedures. Students should speak with a counselor or peer advisor in the School of their intended minor to clarify any questions about the process and requirements.
Some major/minor combinations are not allowed. This applies to some ICS programs, and is outlined in this Majors and Minors Restriction Chart.
To have the minor added to your degree audit, notify your academic counselor in the School of your major. To officially receive a minor, you must successfully pass all the requirements and you must list it on your Application for Graduation.
Important details to note:
Pass/Not Pass and Minor Requirements
No more than two courses may be taken P/NP and applied to any minor on campus.
The Bren School strictly follows the campus policy for adding, dropping, and changing grade option or variable units for its courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
However, instructors will sometimes set earlier add or drop deadlines, so it is important to read the syllabus for each class carefully at the start of the quarter. It is the student's responsibility to be aware of deadlines and make the modifications to his or her schedule before those deadlines pass.
» Add, Drop, and Change Deadlines
Always check the course syllabus carefully for course specific
add and drop information. If earlier add/drop deadliness are required by
the instructor, enrollment will be controlled by the instructor with
authorization codes.
The deadline to add or drop courses and to change grade option or variable units is 5:00pm on Friday of Week 2.
Use WebReg to add, drop, and change grade option or variable units.
No fee applies.
2
Use WebReg to add, drop, and change grade option or variable units.
The deadline to add, drop or to change grade option or variable units is 5:00pm on Friday.
3-6
An enrollment exception request must be submitted for adds, drops and changes to grade option or variable units. Supporting documentation is required for all exception requests.
A $3 transaction fee will apply if the request is approved.
7-10
An enrollment exception request must be submitted for adds, drops and changes to grade option or variable units. Supporting documentation is required for all exception requests.
A $3 transaction fee will apply if the request is approved. The "W" notation on transcript is applied for dropped courses.
» Submitting Enrollment Exception Requests
Requests
to add or drop are reviewed by the academic advising office of the school
offering the course, as well as the school of the student's major (if different). Requests
to change grade option or variable units require the approval of the academic
advising office of the student's major.
Enrollment exceptions for adds, drops, and change of grade option or variable units in ICS are not guaranteed. Exception requests will only be approved for extenuating and documented circumstances outside of the student's control. It is therefore important to continue attending class meetings and keep up with the assignments until your request is fully processed.
Requests will be denied if submitted for the following reasons:
You did notknow the deadlines
You did not understand the Add/Drop process
You did not know the grade requirements for your degree
The course is not required to meet Major, School, or University requirements
You are doing poorly in the course because of difficulties with the course material
You are doing poorly in the course because of a heavy course/work load
You are doing poorly in the course because of failure to attend
If your drop request is approved, please
let your professor know as a courtesy once you have formally dropped the course.
» Course Conflicts
Time conflicts between courses may be approved on a case-by-case basis. Note that a lecture to lecture conflict will not be approved under any circumstances. If a course's lab or discussion time conflicts with another course's lecture, lab, or discussion, AND there are open spaces in both conflicting sections, follow these steps:
Enroll in one of the conflicting courses (if the conflict involves a lecture, be sure to enroll in the lecture).
Obtain written approval from both instructors to allow the conflict.
Forward that approval to ucounsel@uci.edu. Be sure to provide the 5-digit course codes for the conflicting courses.
Allow ICS Student Affairs 2-3 business days to process the request. You will be notified by email when it has been reviewed.
If approved, use WebReg to enroll in the conflicting section.
Continuing Bren School students may petition to take up to four approved, UC-transferable, lower-division
courses—excepting writing classes—at a community college or other
university.
» Finding Transferable Courses
Consult www.assist.org to find courses that are
UC-transferable.
It is extremely important to consult with a Bren School
academic counselor prior to taking off-campus courses, and especially if you
are near or in your last year prior to graduation.
A counselor will
review your list of proposed courses to:
ensure that they will count towards your general education or major requirements
For courses taken through UCI Extension or Access UCI, send transcripts to the Office of the Registrar.
Note: If you are a graduating senior, it is strongly recommended that you submit your transcripts as soon as grades are posted, and inform the appropriate the appropriate office(s) of that submission.
The Donald Bren School of Information and
Computer Sciences was made possible by the generous $20 million gift from Orange
County business leader and philanthropist Donald Bren, chairman of The Irvine
Company.
Mr. Bren's gift equals the largest single gift ever to UC Irvine and has
created the most endowed faculty positions at one time on any University of
California campus.
In recognition of this transformational gift, the school, renowned worldwide
for leading the innovation of new information and computing technologies and
producing an educated work force to fuel the economic engine, was renamed the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine.
In conjunction with the June 9, 2004, naming announcement, the school also broke ground on its new
home, Donald Bren Hall; the first classes were held there in January 2007.
Competitively positioned among other top-ranked schools, this gift allows the
school of information and computer sciences to continue in its upward trajectory
of recruiting and retaining the best and the brightest students, faculty and
researchers.
The school of information and computer sciences has long been a program that
combines vision and determination with wisdom. Those attributes, in concert with
Mr. Bren’s support, will continue to allow its students, alumni and faculty to
impact the world.
Elevated to school status in December 2002, the nationally acclaimed school
is the first independent computer science school within the UC system and one of
the fastest-growing programs of its kind in the nation.
Please explore these special pages for details of the gift and an up-close
look at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
iTunes U is a free service provided by the Bren School and Apple that provides easy access to Bren School educational content, including lectures and interviews from such distinguished individuals as Marvin Minsky, John Seely Brown and Larry Rowe.
Through iTunes U, users can download content to their Macs or PCs regardless of their location. They can then listen to and view content on their Mac or PC or transfer that content to iPod for listening or viewing on the go.
In order to access the Bren School iTunes U content, you will need to have iTunes installed on your computer. Visit the apple website for the free download of iTunes.
Turn us on @ YouTube
We also encourage you to visit our page and watch videos focusing on the life changing research, cutting edge computer science education and the history of the the University of California's first and only information and computer science school. more »
The primary focus of the Student Affairs Office is to assist students and faculty with University policies, procedures and requirements related to ICS academic programs. The graduate staff coordinates the graduate admissions process, fellowships and the graduate student review. It also handles the various forms and administrative functions relating to graduate students.
Contact Information
Phone: (949) 824-5156
Fax: (949) 824-4163
Mailing Address: Donald Bren School Student Affairs, ICS Building, Suite 352, Irvine, CA 92697-3430
Office Hours: Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Neha Rawal – Associate Director of Student Affairs
Andrea O'Donnell – Graduate Counselor
Julie Kennedy – Graduate Counselor
Karina Bocanegra – Graduate Counselor
Mare Stasik – Office Manager
Lumen Hwang – Instructional Support Manager
Tony Givargis – Associate Dean for Student Affairs Please contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at adsa@ics.uci.edu to discuss concerns (not related to specific academic advising), or share your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of the ICS graduate program. Associate Dean Givargis holds weekly office hours in the Donald Bren School Student Affairs Office, ICS, Suite 352. Please call the SAO's front desk at (949) 824-5156 to find out his hours of availability.
Hal S. Stern, Ph.D. Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean Professor of Statistics
Hal Stern, professor of statistics and dean of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, leads the school in its mission of providing computer science and information technology leadership for the 21st century through research and development of emerging technologies; collaborations that address societal concerns; and innovative and broad curricula.
Stern came to UC Irvine in 2002 as the founding chair of the Department of Statistics. That department has since grown to include nine faculty and about 40 graduate students who are enrolled in its M.S./Ph.D. programs. In 2010, Stern was named the Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of the Donald Bren School. Prior to joining UCI, he was a professor of statistics and the Laurence H. Baker Chair in Biological Statistics at Iowa State University’s Department of Statistics. He also previously served on the faculty at Harvard University.
Within the field of statistics, Stern is known for his research work in Bayesian statistical methodology and model assessment techniques. He has authored more than 100 publications (over 80 of which were refereed) and is a co-author of the highly regarded graduate-level statistics text Bayesian Data Analysis. The hallmark of his work is interdisciplinary research collaboration wherein modern statistical methodology is developed to address needs that arise from ongoing scientific research in a variety of fields. Over the years, this has included applications in the social sciences, biological/health sciences, physical sciences and sports. Stern is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He is extremely active in the statistics community, having recently served as editor of the American Statistical Association’s premier journal and previously serving as editor of Chance magazine. He has also served on several expert committees for the U.S. National Academies.
Stern received a B.S. degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in statistics from Stanford University in 1985 and 1987, respectively.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences aims for excellence in research and education.
Our mission is to lead the innovation of new information and computing technology by fundamental research in the core areas of information and computer sciences and cultivating authentic, cutting-edge research collaborations across the broad range of computing and information application domains as well as studying their economic, commercial and social significance.
The diversity of our collaborations serves to reshape domains as far reaching as education, art and entertainment, business and law, the environment and biological systems, health care and medicine.
Consistent with our mission, we are committed to ensuring excellence through inclusion, producing a diverse, educated workforce for advancing technology, stimulating the economy and transferring new technology into the public realm to greatly advance quality of life.
This is a tentative schedule of CompSci, CSE, ICS, Informatics and Statistics courses that the Bren School is planning to offer.
Please note that this proposed course schedule, while NOT guaranteed, is intended to help with your general academic planning. You are encouraged to consider back-up options that align with your intended date of graduation, since course offerings and faculty assignments may change. Please note that some of the upper division core courses will NOT be offered every quarter.
If you need help with your course planning, please schedule an appointment with an academic counselor. They can also provide information about proposed course offerings for summer sessions, which are not included in this list.
NOTE: The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered “final”. Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/events/competition/judges.php
Butterworth Product Development and the Beall Design Competitions @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Brian Delahaut: Vice President & General Manager, MK Diamond Products, Inc.
Angela Gribble: President, Small Seeds, Inc. (EMBA ’99, School of Business, UCI)
Jon Gribble: President, Taylor-Dunn Manufacturing Co. (BS ’83, School of Engineering, EMBA ’01, School of Business, UCI)
Harvey Kaplan: President & Founder, Automated Retail Shops
Marshall Parsons, PMP: Manager, Product Development, Southern California Edison
Jojo Seva: Chief Information Officer, CoastHills Federal Credit Union
Butterworth Product Development Competition in ICS
Tony Crisp: Chief Executive Officer & Brand Strategist, CRISP^YHKG Brand Agency (BS ’92, School of Biological Sciences, UCI)
Kevin Kinsey: Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Netreo
Roger Lloyd: Chief Operating Officer, Amada Senior Care
David Ochi: Co-Founder, Alpha Sprouts, and Executive Director, UCI Blackstone Launchpad (BS ’97, Schools of Biological Sciences and Social Sciences, MBA ’99, School of Business, UCI)
Neil Sahota: Ecosystem Engagement Manager, IBM – Watson Group (BS ’97, Schools of Social Sciences and Physical Sciences, BS ’00, School of Information and Computer Sciences, MBA ’03, School of Business, UCI)
You're off campus and on your career path. But you can still be the difference in the Bren School community, no matter if you've moved down the block, across the country or around the world, find out how»
FRIENDS
Friend's participation, whether in the form of service like mentoring and student
recruitment or in the form of donations, such as equipment, are all vital to our mutual success, find out why »
EGIVING
Thanks to the generous giving of alumni, friends, corporations and foundations, the Bren School has built a reputation for excellence benefiting its students, its faculty and the community at large. Demonstrate your commitment to the Bren School by making your gift today.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/events/competition/rules.php
Butterworth Product Development and the Beall Design Competitions @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Participants
Both competitions are open to all UC Irvine students. Teams must be composed of
at least two (2) students, of which at least one (1) must be an ICS student (for
the Butterworth Product Development Competition) and one (1) must be an
Engineering student (for the Beall Design Competition). For example, a team
member from the Merage School of Business could contribute business planning
knowledge that would help the team or students from schools of science or engineering
could contribute knowledge of a particular application or technology. Students can
be graduate or undergraduate, but must be registered at UCI for the duration of the
academic year of the competition.
Guidelines
To participate in these competitions, your team must fill out the Web-based Intent to Enter
form indicating participation interest. Upon completion of this form, teams will
be assigned industry/faculty mentors according to the criteria delineated in the
registration form.
Participants can enter both the Butterworth Product Development Competition
and also the Beall Student Design Competition, but can only win one (1) prize.
Entering both competitions increase the chance of winning, but must qualify with
the appropriate student team members (1 ICS and 1 Engineering student to qualify
for both competitions).
Obtaining Additional Team Members: Potential participants are encouraged
to meet students with similar interests who may be willing to collaborate and
form a team at one of the school based workshops, information sessions or the
Merage School’s Matrix Mixers that are offered. Students from across campus are
encouraged to attend even if they do not have a concept developed.
Team Integrity: Once the Concept Paper has been submitted, 50% of the team must
remain intact for the rest of the competition. 100% of the team must remain intact
after submitting the Product Specification/Proof of Concept.
Product Plan/Idea: Teams must present an original idea or current design
problem, and be in a "pre-incubator" form. They must not be backed by incubators,
existing companies, venture capitalists or other investors. Teams or team members
that have received any form of venture capital financing for their competition
entry plan or a likeness thereof may not participate in the competition. Any team
receiving venture capital funding while participating in the competition will be
disqualified.
Workshops: Workshops will be offered throughout every phase of the competition.
Topics will include,
“Working with Your Mentor/How to Define a Product”
“How to Incorporate a Business Case into your Proposed Product”
“How to Demo Your Product”
“Who Owns What… Intellectual Property at UCI”
Documentation, Presentations and Demos: Documents should be single spaced
with a font size between 10 and 12 points. One (1) oral presentation will be due
mid-way through the program that will offer proof of concept, feasibility and
specifications. A demo and presentation are required for the final phase of the
competition. Both oral presentation and final demo will be presented before the
judges of the competition. Working prototypes are suggested for the final demo.
Awards: Final awards will be presented by the Dean of the School and the Judge
Chair following the final demo at an Awards Ceremony.
Cash awards will be given to the top three (3) teams for each competition in amounts of $7,500, $5,000 and $2,500.
The top three (3) teams for each competition will be offered a Meet & Greet with UCI’s Office of Technology Alliances to discuss product, patents, copyrights and trademarks and to answer any questions they may have.
All teams receiving an award will qualify to participate as a sponsor in a project course in order to help develop their products. Project submissions must occur within the academic year immediately following the competition (certain restrictions apply).
First place winners are recognized by presenting their product in the ICS and Engineering school’s premiere student showcase event, INGENUITY.
First place winners will have the opportunity to meet with local investors.
All teams will have access to UCI’s Antrepreneur Center to further develop their concepts/ideas and can be directed to other avenues to explore entrepreneurism.
Judging Guidelines: The judges are professionals who come from various
backgrounds. Judges are experts in the process of starting a business including
business plan developments, or in the technologies the students are developing. The
judges consider many different criteria when evaluating concept papers and the
business case. Some of the elements that are considered are as follows:
Does the technological/design innovation provide a sustainable, competitive advantage?
Does a competitive advantage exist over other products in this application?
Does the functionality satisfy the application?
Is there a significant return on investment to user?
Is the product description clear, detailed and descriptive?
Is there a market need for this product?
Has the user been realistically identified?
Are the benefits to the user clear and sufficient to result in purchase?
Have specific user interfaces been provided?
Is the user interface well described?
Are the requirements thorough, realistic and accurate?
Is there a block diagram?
Have all of the major modules been described in detail?
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Butterworth Product Development and the Beall Design Competitions - 2015 Participants and Results
Beall Student Design Competition at the Samueli School
1st Place ($7,500):
MuTech Scientific
Project Description: DECAY-Z is a device that will help promote the ease of access to HIV diagnostics by decreasing the cost of production through microfluidics. Microfluidics allow greater reagent efficiencies with increased reaction surface area to fluid ratios. This enables a reduced cost by minimizing the most expensive regents in current diagnostics platforms.
Students: Ya Kevin Thao, Abraham Phung, Diego Sandoval, Eric Wilde, Zaw Mai, Cory Schoenborn, Michael Bulotano
2nd Place ($5,000):
Sixth Sense
Project Description: Energy Conservation Observer (ECO) is a context-aware device that accumulates a user’s energy consumption data, senses personal energy waste and provides eco-feedback to promote sustainability in the following ways: It will understand the user’s energy needs and learn her usage habits to alert her (and potentially the public utility company) when energy wastage is detected. It will prompt the user to take action by correlating utility bills with ECO’s recommendations. It will illuminate the context in which the user can contribute to save resources by giving timely alerts.
Students: Shriti Raj, Neeraj Kumar, LouAnne Boyd, Ali Shahbaz
3rd Place ($2,500):
OneSeed
Project Description: Similar to nurturing a child’s development, experiencing the plant lifecycle from seed, to seedling, to mature plant, provides people with intrinsic joy and happiness. Rather than an enjoyable hobby, gardening is perceived by most as intimidating and difficult. OneSeed will change this perception by simplifying and demystifying gardening. OneSeed is a “smart” gardening “system” that will remove the guesswork from gardening, making it easy and even FUN! By integrating multiple sensors and wireless technologies into a portable OneSeed Smart Unit, we’re able to collect and monitor vital parameters (e.g. soil moisture; UV exposure; ambient temperature; pH) to determine the condition and exact needs of plants without consumer intervention or the need for specific gardening knowledge/experience.
Students: Stella Liu, Vouy Yeng, Sandy Pham, Aaron Rosario, Briana O'Hern, Erik Henriquez, Ryan Kuhs
Butterworth Product Development Competition at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
1st Place ($7,500):
Roco
Project Description: Roco is an intelligent mobile application that aims to use machine learning methods to create an automated private photosharing system. Using the application, users can capture and share pictures in an effortless way. A distinctive feature is that users can select from their list of friends the people they want to share their pictures with, set a timer specific to each person and take a set of pictures that will be automatically shared with these friends in realtime. During registration, Roco has a unique facescanning feature that uses a oneshot learning method combined with geofiltering to allow for facial recognition at higher accuracy. Geofiltering is an efficient filtering method by only queryingfaces with individuals that are close in location. If a picture contains people, the faces in it are automatically recognized and the picture is shared with everyone who appears in the picture. Roco also enables users to share their pictures with people who do not have the application by allowing the users to add nonusersor send out a link of photos they want to share to people by email or phone number.
Project Description: Quicknotes is a Crowdsourced classroom note platform. Students that feel that they take good notes can upload their class notes to Quicknotes and be rewarded. Other students in the class can then see that notes have been posted for this lecture section. Students who wish to view the notes are given a short survey (whenever available) or if not available are asked to pay a micro-transaction on the order of 50 cents per set of notes. After they download the notes, they can rate them so that other students in the class will know which note have found most useful. In order to incentivize students into uploading notes they receive some of the profits for each download of their notes. This also encourages students to post the best possible notes so that they get positive ratings, resulting in more downloads, giving them a larger income.
Project Description: FanFeed is a free mobile application, available on iOs and Android, that aims to enhance the fan in-stadium experience by helping users avoid long concession stand lines at sporting events by providing in-stadium food delivery and in-seat food purchase. Forget the idea of leaving your seat at that crucial moment that you don’t want to miss for a beer, some food, or beverages. Fans will now have the opportunity of being able to order food to their seats, no matter where they are located in the stadium. With our efficient delivery system and easy-to-use mobile application, attending a game will never be the same again.
Students: Candace Wu, Ravi Patel, Brandon Troung
MEET THE TEAMS
Beall Student Design Competition in Engineering (Hardware) + Butterworth Product Development Competition in ICS (Software)
ARIS
Bonnie Gonzalez, Francisco Mendoza, Humberto Gaeta, Miguel Blanco, Derek Omuro
MuTech Scientific
Ya Kevin Thao, Abraham Phung, Diego Sandoval, Eric Wilde, Zaw Mai, Cory Schoenborn, Michael Bulotano
OneSeed
Stella Liu, Vouy Yeng, Sandy Pham, Aaron Rosario, Briana O'Hern, Erik Henriquez, Ryan Kuhs
Primitives
Cameron Samak, Richmond Chang, John Ader, Cory Mortimer, Sahand Nayebaziz
Sixth Sense
Shriti Raj, Neeraj Kumar, LouAnne Boyd, Ali Shahbaz
The Ngineers
Efren Aguilar, Sabrina Ng
URA
Elena Sy Su, Shirley Zhu
Waytrade
Roger Lloret-Batlle, Amine Mahmassani, Si-Yuan Kong, Felipe De Souza, Vaibhav Saini
Beall Student Design Competition in Engineering (Hardware)
HelioTeq
Michael Bryant, Naomi Thomson, Stuart Foster, Laszlo Kurta, Alvin Ma, Wee Lim, Jared Lau, Austin Chow
S.S.
Jie Shen, Qi Shi
Butterworth Product Development Competition in ICS (Software)
Big Data Raiders
Neil Jaramillo, Carrie Zhao, Lauren Stasiak, Mirka Murillo, Chen Lu (Leo)
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/events/competition/index.php
Butterworth Product Development and the Beall Design Competitions @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Prizes for each competition are: 1st Place: $7,500 2nd Place: $5,000 3rd Place: $2,500
Butterworth Product Development Competition at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Is a product development competition designed to encourage the creation of new technologies with potential for commercialization. Ideas and products are evaluated on their technological merits and potential to impact the marketplace. Students are encouraged to submit new products that involve the development of software and systems. Products that entail integration are acceptable as long as there is a substantial development effort.
The competition is open to all UCI students. Teams must be composed of at least two (2) students, one (1) of which must be enrolled at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
Beall Student Design Competition at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering Offered to encourage the creation of new technologies, or solutions to current design problems that have the potential for commercialization. Ideas and products are evaluated on their technological merits as well as potential to impact the marketplace. Students are encouraged to submit new product ideas that involve the development of hardware and devices. Products that entail integration are acceptable as long as there is a substantial development effort.
The competition is open to all UCI students. Teams must be composed of at least two (2) students, one (1) of which must be enrolled at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
2014 Competitors Last year's winners of the Butterworth Competition were composed of Business, Engineering, Medicine and ICS students. For more information on finalist projects, please visit http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/news/features/view_feature?id=2.
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Butterworth Product Development Competition at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Paul Butterworth '74, M.S. '81
Chief Technology Officer, Appconomy Inc.
Paul is currently CTO at Appconomy Inc. Past roles include Co-founder and CTO of Emotive, where he conceived and designed the Emotive Cloud Platform for enterprise mobile computing. Before that, Paul was an Architect at Oracle and a founder & CTO at AmberPoint where directed the technical strategy for the AmberPoint SOA governance products. Prior to AmberPoint, Paul was a Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technologist for the Developer Tools Group at Sun Microsystems and a founder, Chief Architect and Senior Vice President of Forte Software. Paul also served as Chief Systems Architect at Ingres. Paul holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Computer Science from UC Irvine.
Beall Student Design Competition at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Donald R. Beall
Chairman Emeritus
Retired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Rockwell
Partner, Dartbrook Partners, LLC (a family partnership)
Don retired as Chairman/CEO in 1998 after a 30-year career with Rockwell. When he stepped down, he was named Chairman Emeritus and continues to serve as a director on the board of Rockwell Collins. He also currently serves on the board of CT Realty and is a former director of Conexant Systems, Mindspeed Technologies, Skyworks Solutions, Proctor & Gamble, Amoco, Rockwell, Times Mirror and ArvinMeritor. He is the founding partner in Dartbrook Partners (a family partnership) and the chairman of the Beall Family Foundation.
Don serves on several advisory boards and executive committees. At UC Irvine, his involvement includes: the UCI Paul Merage School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board, Executive Committee, and the Don Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Advisory Board; UCI Henry Samueli School of Engineering Advisory Board; UCI Beall Center for Art + Technology Advisory Board; UCI Medical Center CEO Advisory Board and the UCI Chief Executive Roundtable. He is an advisor to the San Jose State University School of Engineering and member of the Engineering Leadership Council; and a trustee and President’s Circle member of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation. He served as an Overseer of the Hoover Institution at Stanford from 1997 until 2011, and remains active on the Hoover Council today. He is involved in numerous professional, educational, public service and philanthropic endeavors and is an investor, director, and/or advisor with several venture capital groups, individual companies and investment partnerships.
Don earned an engineering degree from San Jose State University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been married for more than 50 years to Joan Beall. They have two married sons, two granddaughters and three grandsons. Don and Joan reside in Corona del Mar and Pebble Beach, California.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/events/competition/schedule.php
Butterworth Product Development and the Beall Design Competitions @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Product Specification - Summary Due (1 to 2 Page Summary)
April 5, 2016
Product Specification - Presentation Slides Due (3 to 5 Slides)
April 12, 2016
Product Specification - Student Oral Presentation and Judge’s Feedback
April 18 (week of), 2016 TBD
Final Product & Business Case Due (7 to 10 text pages including graphics)
May 10, 2016
Blackstone Pitch Deck Prep
May 11-18, 2016
Student Demos and Judging and Awards Ceremony
May 19, 2016
Ingenuity 2016, A Student Showcase Event – First Place Team from each competition to Present
June 1 or 2, 2016 TBD
SEMINARS
The Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers Seminar Series provides a real-world introduction to the theory and practice of entrepreneurship. Through a series of presentations by prestigious entrepreneurs and industry leaders, participants will explore the various organizational, strategic and financial challenges facing successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs. Topics include start-up strategies, business idea evaluation, business plan writing, and introduction to venture capital.
(All seminars featured here are free and open to the public. Seating is limited)
Date: February 11, 2016 Speaker: Neil Sahota, ’97, ’00, MBA ’03, IBM Certified Consultant and Senior Project Manager, IBM - Global Business Services Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Date: February 16, 2016 Speaker: Judy Greenspon, President, NPI Services, Inc. Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Date: February 18, 2015 Speaker: Jim Mazzo, CEO, Acufocus Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Date: February 23, 2016 Speaker: William “Bill” Link, PhD, Managing Director, Versant Ventures Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Date: February 25, 2016 Speaker: Feyzi Gatehi, CEO, Corent Technology Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Date: March 1, 2016 Speaker: Sydney Edwards, PhD, former Senior Director, Portfolio Management & Strategic Planning, Allegran Time: 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Date: March 3, 2016 Speaker: Henry Samueli, Ph.D., Co-Founder and CTO, Broadcom Corporation Time: 5:00-6:30 p.m. Location: McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium (MDEA) 200 Rockwell Center, in The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
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Beall Student Design Competition at the Samueli School
1st Place Prize Winners ($7,500):
Spero Diagnostics
Project Description: This product addresses the dangerous, even deadly prevalence of sepsis in hospital settings. Today, a full sepsis diagnostic process takes up to four days, requires multiple tests, advanced trained personnel, and costs several hundred dollars. Spero Diagnostics’ goal was to reduce that time frame to less than three hours and bring the cost down to under $100. Their design is a software package that automates a device that performs complicated diagnostic tests and reduces the volumes of reagents and samples. The design also includes pre-filled blister packs that both store and dispense all the appropriate reagents and volumes needed to perform tests. The automated device and blister packs will allow a minimally trained user to perform complicated sepsis diagnostic tests at the point of care.
Students: Jessica Motherwell, Jose Gallegos, Ernesto Sosa, Ting-Yi Chu, Maka Pennell, Zachary Campagna
2nd Place Prize Winners ($5,000):
A Hundred Tiny Hands
Project Description: A Hundred Tiny Hands developed three “Inventor’s Toolboxes” designed to teach children core concepts in engineering and science in a fun and interactive way. The products take the latest discoveries in science and use current engineering methodologies to create an educational toolbox, tailored to children of all ages. The Inventor’s Toolboxes encourage children to explore, create, and invent by allowing them to build their own structures and models. The simple design of these three Inventor’s Toolboxes makes even the most cutting edge scientific technologies easy enough for any child or parent to learn. The team’s goal and vision is to create and foster an online community of young inventors able to interact and share with one another, similar to scientists in real life.
Project Description: Capitalizing on the rapidly growing digital fitness market and the rapidly falling costs of electronics, HydroTrack is a smart hydration tool that helps make keeping track of one’s hydration easier than it has ever been. Using Bluetooth low-energy and a novel flow sensor, HydroTrack transmits how much water one is consuming to one’s smartphone or favorite digital fitness device. The accompanying smartphone application sends gentle reminders when hydration goals are not met, and coaches the user to drink the appropriate amount of water based on activity level.
Students: Michael Bryant, Aurelia Darling, Anni Liu
Butterworth Product Development Competition at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
1st Place Prize Winners ($7,500):
Blueberry
Project Description: The app its creators now call “Sparky” is a networking tool. Turning on the app on a smartphone creates a 10-foot Bluetooth bubble around the person. Whenever one “Sparky” bubble encounters another, a silent connection is created. Throughout the day, the app monitors interactions collecting metadata like time, location, and duration. The profile pages and interaction metadata the app offers are so comprehensive that the need to take notes is all but eliminated. Once professionals are ready to follow up, “Sparky” presents them with an intelligently sorted list of everybody they interacted with at an event.
Project Description: “BeatPool” allows multiple music-player users to send songs from their music libraries to one speaker – creating a kind of crowdsourced playlist. Every device that has a “BeatPool” app on it can send songs from its own library into collaborative pool. The system is structured in a way that allows it to function either in crowded environments such as parties, or even on camping trips.
Students: Ekin Oguz, Sky Faber, Cesar Ghali, Fulya Ozcan
3rd Place Prize Winners ($2,500):
Ant mApp
Project Description: “Ant-mApp” is a mobile and website application that creates a central hub of event information for on-campus events at UCI. It serves as a platform where advertisers of events, such as student organizations and school departments, can meet the seekers of event information, the audience. By allowing users to filter through events and subscribe to groups and categories of interest, “Ant-mApp” will enhance the community involvement and learning experience of UCI students. “Ant-mApp” is a sustainable alternative to flyering intended to grow and strengthen the bonds of members of the UCI community.
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Tech Talks @ The Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
On a quarterly basis, the Bren School invites members of the corporate community to Bren Hall to make a technical presentation to computing and engineering faculty and graduate students. Each talk spotlights one company.
Companies benefit from participation in a number of ways:
Your company receives heightened exposure among Bren School faculty and graduate students.
Your company representatives have the opportunity to meet faculty and graduate students in a relaxed and informal setting based upon interests in certain research areas.
Tech Talks are usually scheduled from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. throughout each quarter. During this time, a senior technical representative or technology VP from your company presents on research topics and items of interests, such as software engineering, user interfaces, security and privacy to name a few.
Contact Kristin Huerth at khuerth@uci.edu or at 949-824-3074
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The Informatics Department in the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine runs project courses in two sizes: one-quarter and three-quarters. We are looking for project sponsors.
Informatics projects involve using good software engineering processes interlaced with human centered methods to build and install something useful for you. Projects include different types of sources and sponsors ranging from corporate projects to university based, community-driven, non-profit or entrepreneurial projects. Project implementations range from web applications and portals to online services, cloud computing, ipad, iphone and mobile applications.
One-Quarter Project Class
Currently our one-quarter class is held during different times of the year, and is determined by enrollment. If you are interested, please contact us so that we can put you on the wait list for the class. The sponsorship amount for this project class is $4,500.
Three-Quarter Project Class
Each year we offer our three-quarter class starting in spring quarter and ending in winter quarter of the following year. If you are interested, project proposal deadlines are due six weeks prior to the starting of class. The sponsorship amount for this project class is $12,500.
For more information contact:
Informatics 117 – Software System Design (One-Quarter Project)
Professor Hadar Ziv at ziv@ics.uci.edu
Informatics 132 – HCI & User Interface (One-Quarter Project)
Professor Alfred Kobsa at kobsa@uci.edu
Informatics 191 – Senior Design Project: Usability Engineering & Software Development (Three-Quarter Project)
Professor Judith Olson at jsolson@uci.edu
Professor Hadar Ziv at ziv@ics.uci.edu
What it is:
The Sponsored Internship Program offers companies a unique opportunity to enhance their workforce by hand-selecting undergraduate seniors or graduate-level students from the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences to complete internships at their companies. This very popular and successful program also serves as a cost effective recruitment tool for highly qualified IT professionals.
How it works:
Participating companies submit criteria for desired internship. They then receive background information on Bren School students who have expressed interest in company internships.
Companies rank the students whose credentials best match their employment needs, while students rank the sponsoring companies in a similar fashion.
Bren School personnel review these two sets of rankings and make matches that best reflect the interests and needs of both parties.
Companies interview the candidate/s and, should the match be mutually agreeable, offer a paid internship during the summer and/or academic year, as well pay for the student’s fees.
The financial terms of the internship are negotiated directly between the student and the sponsoring company.
Students are expected to maintain a minimum GPA of 2.8 (undergraduate) and 3.3 (graduate) during their involvement in the sponsored internship program.
How to participate:
In order to participate in this program, each company pays a tax-deductible donation to the Bren School, which covers the cost of the student’s annual fees.
Undergraduate Resident Fees donation: $15,500*
Graduate Resident Fees donation: $16,500*
*Amounts may vary based on fee increases and/or if the desired student is a non-resident.
For additional information, please contact Kristin Huerth, Associate Director of External Relations, at (949) 824-3074 or khuerth@uci.edu.
The Bren ICS Corporate Partners Program promotes the exchange of the most advanced information in the field between university researchers and their corporate counterparts, and provides access to the abilities and interests of UC Irvine’s students through exclusive recruiting and networking opportunities.
Priority access to students and faculty within your specific area(s) of interest
BASIC MEMBERSHIP
Basic members receive the following benefits:
Recruiting – Customized attention to your recruiting needs including:
ICS Jobs - Access to students through student website featuring resumes, and ability to sort by
G.P.A, major, specific skills & more
Early Career Fair featuring first access to top students, on-campus interviews, company info sessions
Facilitation of interns
Networking – Discuss leading research and innovations with faculty and other Corporate Partners through our quarterly Distinguished Speaker Series. Attend VIP receptions (4 tickets) prior to each Distinguished Speaker event.
Student Showcase – Attend the annual Student Showcase event in spring featuring top Bren School student projects
Host Career Nights - Direct and individualized access to students through company hosted career nights
The fee for basic membership is $10,000.
PREMIER MEMBERSHIP
Premier members receive the following additional benefits:
Center Access
Direct access to a specified research center including regular exchanges of research and information
Access to office space, computer facilities, research labs, library
Visiting Scholars – Partners may send a company researcher to join a faculty member’s research group for a period of time (up to 12 months). Includes auditing courses, attending research seminars.
Meetings & Workshops – Attend topic specific annual meeting where faculty, grad students and industry leaders present latest research findings.
On a quarterly basis, the Bren School invites members of the corporate community to Bren Hall to make a recruiting presentation to computing and engineering students. Each information session spotlights one company.
Companies benefit from participation in a number of ways:
Your company receives heightened exposure among Bren School students.
Your human resources personnel have the opportunity to meet potential candidates in a relaxed and informal setting.
Students receive a chance to educate themselves about your company.
Information sessions are usually scheduled from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. or 5:00-7:00 p.m. throughout each quarter. During the first 20–30 minutes, company representatives give a general overview of the company, highlighting aspects such as company culture and employment opportunities. The next 15-20 minutes are used as a formal question and answer period. The remaining time is dedicated to informal conversation and resume collection. During this time, students often speak one-on-one with company representatives to ask further questions.
CURRENTLY These sessions are free of charge; however, most companies choose to provide pizza and sodas to encourage student participation.
For more details or to set up an Information Session, please contact Brandon Hastings, the ICS Student Council President, at bhasting@uci.edu.
The Bren School of ICS at UC Irvine will establish a new vision for the field of information and computer sciences in the 21st century.
We will emphasize a broad and diverse view of the field including the what, why and how of information and computer science; we will advance interdisciplinary collaborations at UC Irvine and beyond; and we will produce relevant, cutting edge research that addresses key challenges facing our nation and the world.
LC MISSION:
The Bren School of ICS Dean’s Leadership Council has been established to raise community awareness of the Bren School students and faculty, to raise funds to support the Dean’s vision and fundraising priorities and to lend strategic advice to the Dean when called upon.
EXPECTATIONS OF MEMBERSHIP:
Attend three Council meetings per year
Be available to participate in a Strategic Priority meeting(s) around a particular topic (as appropriate)
Financially support Dean’s Discretionary Fund at a minimum $3,000 level
Participate in the Strategic Direction for the School
Serve as an Ambassador for the School in both personal and business interactions
Use your connections aggressively for ICS fundraising and relationship building
Partner your organization with ICS students in regards to internships, recruitment and company projects
Secure tables for the UCI Medal Awards held in Oct./Nov.
Make recommendations for incoming board members
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP:
Members will play a critical role in expanding the visibility of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences throughout Orange County, California and nationwide
Members will have access to the Dean, faculty and student research
Members will be invited to share expertise, serve as speakers and participate in events
Members will be given networking opportunities through Council meetings and mixers
Members will have early access in recruiting high quality interns and graduating students
PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES:
Participate as a speaker, mentor or panelist
Provide a project in your company for Project ICS
Hire a graduate student as an intern
Recruit ICS students as employees
Host an LC meeting, retreat or committee meeting at your company
The six-story Donald Bren Hall expanded the existing Bren School campus and increased general assignment classroom space by more than 90,800 square feet.
The design of this facility is intended to enhance interaction between faculty and students and to create a progressive learning environment.
Designed with flexibility in mind, the building accommodates the Bren School's growing faculty, staff and student populations.
The first classes in Donald Bren Hall were held Jan. 5, 2007; the Dean's office moved in on Jan. 8, 2007.
On June 20, Donald Bren Hall was offically dedicated during a morning ceremony which was attended by Donald Bren, former Dean Debra J. Richardson, Chancellor Michael Drake and about 400 campus and community guests.
An open house followed the ceremony, allowing the on-campus and off-campus community a rare sneak peek into the school's various research projects and their global impact on everyday lives.
Donald Bren Hall accommodates:
More than 125 faculty offices
90 research labs, wet labs and/or offices
10 classrooms (from 30-seat to 65-seat)
250-seat lecture hall
125-seat lecture hall
2 50-seat lecture hall
Dean's office/administrative support
Departmental offices
Bren School staff offices/facilities
Ceremonial groundbreaking on Donald Bren Hall took place on June 9, 2004. Visitors can view the groundbreaking press release as well as photos from the groundbreaking ceremony, attended by the building's namesake, philanthropist and chairman of The Irvine Company, Donald Bren.
Donald Bren cuts the ribbon during a June 20th dedication ceremony for Donald Bren Hall
as Dean Debra J. Richardson looks on. view more photos »
Donald Bren, Dean Debra J. Richardson, Chancellor Michael Drake and about 400 campus and community guests celebrated the opening of Donald Bren Hall June 20.
Bren participated in a ceremonial ribbon cutting, toured the building’s laboratories and saw faculty research displays. Joining Bren at the event were Chancellor Drake; his wife, Brenda; Assemblyman Todd Spitzer; Orange County Supervisor Bill Campbell; and Irvine Mayor Beth Krom.
Both the school and building were named in honor of Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren, whose $20 million gift bolstered the school's efforts.
Bren Hall is the new home of the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, a nationally ranked program that promotes cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary learning.
An open house followed the dedication ceremony, allowing the on campus and off-campus community a rare sneak peak into the school's various research projects and their global impact on everyday lives.
Computer systems maintained by the both the UCI Office of Information Technology and Bren School computing support accept connections only from systems which have ther names correctly registered in Domain Name System (DNS). See OIT's Limitation of Services to non-registered hosts for more details on this policy.
For security reasons, Bren School systems always reject connections from remote hosts which do not have matching forward and reverse DNS entries. If you are having trouble telnet'ing or ftp'ing to a Bren School system while away from UCI this may be the cause of the problem.
This document describes some of the ethical responsibilities of computer use and explains Bren School Department policy on student use of computing resources. Some of these policies might be different from what you would expect, so please read over and understand this document.
The Bren School provides for you, the student, a wide range of computing resources from X-Terminals to PC's to large multiuser UNIX systems. These machines are expensive to buy and maintain, but it is our goal to provide you with the very best computing environment that we can. Many users depend on these computers for class assignments, research, and communications. We are a community of computer users, and we can all make the best use of our resources if we establish guidelines for how we can use them responsibly.
Some computing facilities, such as those which hold classified data, may establish expensive and complex security systems. We do not do this; we have some security mechanisms which greatly decrease the risk that one user will accidentally interfere with another, but it does not require great ingenuity to get around these mechanisms. As a result, we need to trust the people who use our machines.
The fundamental principle behind our policies is this: While using the computers, you should never do anything that harms another user or prevents him or her from getting work done.
If you have any questions about these rules, or if you suspect that an account (your or someone else's) has been broken into, please contact the Bren School Computing Support Group. To do this, send mail to the address helpdesk@ics.uci.edu, or go to Support's office, CS346, and explain the problem.
Computer Accounts
The Bren School has a wide range of computers available, located in several different labs. Some of these labs are open only to people enrolled in certain classes, some are available for general drop-in use. Each Bren School major is given both a Windows account, and a UNIX account on the Sun workstations. Different courses will require different platforms to be used. Non-majors will be given accounts only if required for a course in which they are enrolled.
All Bren School computers are to be used only by Bren School students, faculty, and staff. People outside the Bren School who wish to use computers should go to the Office of Information Technology (Multipurpose Science and Technology Building (Building 415 - 2nd
Floor)). They provide computing for non-Bren School people.
Any computer account created for you remains the property of the Regents of the University of California. You are responsible for this account, and you may not allow any other person to use it. The primary purpose of your account is to allow you to carry out your computing assignments and other instructional activities. You may also make modest use of these resources for other purposes, such as sending electronic mail to friends on campus, reading the electronic bulletin boards, and playing games, provided that this usage does not significantly interfere with instructional use of the machines.
An example of how one might "significantly interfere" would be to tie up a computer for game-playing when no other computers are free and someone else is waiting to use the computer to do an assignment. If you have a game or other program you would like to make available to other users, please give it to the system administrator for public installation (You can contact the system administrator by sending mail to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu). You may not use the machines for commercial purposes, such as preparing bills for your company or advertising products, or for work related to non-UCI organizations, such as an off-campus political or religious group. More details about this are given below. If you are in doubt about whether some use of the machines is allowed, ask the Support Group.
Ethical Behavior
Here is a list of some examples of activities that the department does not allow. If a student makes such unethical use of Bren School computers, he/she will be subject to the penalties described in the section on Disciplinary Procedures.
You may not introduce viruses, worms, Trojan horses, password cracking or login spoofing programs on any University computer or network. In fact, because of the serious damage such programs can cause, the Bren School faculty have adopted a policy which forbids students even to have these types of programs in their accounts or to place them onto any Bren School computer; you may not store such a program on a Bren School computer even if you only wish to study it.
You may not try to use equipment or accounts that have not been assigned to you.
You may not interfere with others' ability to make use of the resources. For example, it might be reasonable to lock a workstation if you need to leave the room for two or three minutes, but it is not reasonable to lock it while you leave to buy lunch. Another example would be doing something that ties up all or a significant fraction of the machine, thus preventing others from receiving their fair share.
You may not destroy other people's work.
You may not "spy" on people, that is, you may not attempt to gain information from their accounts or from their external drives when there is good reason to believe that they do not wish you to obtain that information. This includes both attempting to violate the protection facilities provided by the system and also taking deliberate advantage of someone else's failure to protect sensitive information on their account. This works both ways; faculty, staff and members of Computing Support also have the responsibility to respect the privacy of the student. For example, it would be unethical for a faculty member or Support Group member to browse through your personal messages just out of curiosity, even if they have a security level that allows them to do so; we agree to respect your privacy. We do, however retain the right to inspect material on your account when this is necessary to investigate a suspected violation of university rules, such as a cheating incident or a violation of the rules in this document.
You may not send mail that appears to come from someone else.
You may not advertise any commercial products or use your account to earn money. Non-commercial things like posting your used car advertisement on ics.market are permitted, though. If for some reason you need an account that can be used for commercial purposes, see the Office of Academic Computing.
You may not display offensive material in any publicly accessible area. There are materials available on the Internet and elsewhere that some members of the Bren School community will find offensive. (One example is sexually explicit graphics; another is political argument on such issues as abortion.) Bren School and the University are committed to maintaining the free and open exchange of ideas as well as a non-offensive working environment. Thus, Bren School does not restrict the availability of potentially offensive material, but Bren School does regard as unethical conduct the display of such material in any publicly accessible area, including on workstation screens in public rooms and in computer labs.
You may not use the computers' printers as copying machines. For example, you may not print out one hundred copies of a report; instead, print out one copy of the report and use a copying machine to obtain the other 99.
You may not use Bren School resources to illegally distribute copyrighted material.
Good Citizenship
Your cooperation in the following areas will help us make efficient use of the computing resources and will avoid unnecessary impositions on the time of faculty, staff, and other students. These are not the sort of things which we can expect to enforce rigidly; rather, we are asking your cooperation for the benefit of the whole departmental community Violations of these guidelines would not ordinarily result in any of the penalties listed above beyond number one, unless they were especially flagrant or persist after faculty or staff have asked you to stop.
1. Please be careful not to use the computer to annoy people, for example by sending them messages which they do not wish to receive. (The mail system makes it rather easy to send a message to a very large group of people; please be responsible in your use of this capability. In particular, when you reply to a message sent to a large group, avoid cc'ing your reply to the entire group unless it is a matter of interest to them.)
2. Please do not waste anything (i.e., paper, disk space, CPU time, people time, etc.). Please put your old printouts in the recycling bins.
Acknowledgments
Some of these polices are adapted from those used by the UCLA CS Department. They adapted some of their polices from Columbia University and the California Institute of Technology.
Most computing in the Bren School is done on either UNIX based Sun workstations or on Windows based PCs. These machines have various uses -- research, departmental administration, undergraduate instruction, graduate instruction -- but all are networked together and share a common file space.
In particular, no matter which departmental computer you use, either Windows or Sun, you will use the same account with the same home directory.
All Bren School majors receive both UNIX and Windows accounts. Non-major students receive accounts only if the Bren School course they are enrolled in requires an account on a particular platform.
Bren School majors and other students enrolled in certain Bren School courses have access to a variety of computers in several labs.
These machines allow you to: read and send e-mail, read announcements for your classes through newsgroups, and complete classwork programming assignments.
Unless you are involved in research, these computers in the instructional labs are the only machines you will be able to use.
If you do become involved in research with a faculty member she may decide to give you access to her machines.
Expiration - Expiration dates for accounts are taken from enrollment data provided by the Registrar. When an account is about to expire, an automated email notice is sent.
In the normal course of events, if you are a Bren School major your account will be automatically extended and you will never see such messages.
Non-Bren School majors will receive these messages as their accounts are opened and closed each quarter depending on course enrollment. If you continue to enroll in a Bren School course, your account will reactivate automatically.
If the Registrar does not list you, or you fail to enroll on time, you will be sent one of these notices. If you receive a notice in error, contact helpdesk@ics.uci.edu.
Quotas - Your quota is the amount of disk space you are allowed to use. Undergraduate students get a quota of 100 MB. For information on how to check your quota, please see Account Quota.
Please Note - When contacting support, please include your Bren School login and student ID number to facilitate the processing of your request. If you change your name or student ID number, you need to notify helpdesk@ics.uci.edu. Otherwise, your account may be automatically locked or your quota removed because of the way the registrar's system works.
For general information about what support offers undergraduate students see Student Information.
Backups
Any data on the Bren School network filer TRON have the snapshot
ability available for self restore. Snapshots retain data for 30 days.
It is illegal to distribute copyrighted materials -- such as software, movies, music, pictures -- without proper authorization.
If a complaint of copyright infringement is reported involving a computer assigned to a Bren School student, the student's account will be locked out until Bren School support personnel have a chance to investigate the allegations.
If copyrighted materials are found, they will be removed immediately.
For the initial complaint (first violation), the Bren School Student Affairs Office (SAO) staff and the appropriate Associate Dean (as well as the academic advisor, for grad students) will be notified.
The student will be required to meet in person with appropriate SAO staff to review applicable campus policies, and to sign a statement verifying receipt and notice of such policies.
This signed statement will become part of the student's file.
For any subsequent complaints, the appropriate Associate Dean, academic advisor (for graduate students) and SAO staff will be notified.
The student will then be referred to the campus Director of Student Judicial Affairs, for academic suspension (upon 2nd violation) or expulsion from the university(upon 3rd violation).
The above statement is based upon:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA POLICIES APPLYING TO CAMPUS ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENTS, UCI CAMPUS IMPLEMENTATION
August 1996, APPENDIX K:
Computer Use Policy (Reference to Section 102.05), which includes "Violating the terms of applicable software licensing agreements or copyright laws."
From LAX, go east on Century Blvd; turn right on La Cienega Blvd.
and immediately get into the left lane; watch for the sign that says "405" and
turn left into the on ramp for the 405 Freeway going South; the drive
is forty five minutes to an hour and a half, in traffic.
From the 405 Fwy:
take the Jamboree exit,
turn right on Jamboree,
turn left on Campus Dr.,
turn right on E. Peltason Dr. to purchase a parking pass at
the kiosk,
go past one traffic light and watch for Los Trancos (two stop signs),
at the first entrance past Los Trancos turn right into Parking Lot
12B
From the parking lot, take paths that go away from East Peltason
Drive, and look for Donald Bren Hall.
The
Bren School Front Desk is in room 6210 on the 6th floor of Donald Bren Hall. The office telephone number is (949) 824-7427
in case you need to call.
We can offer virtual tours, pictorials and viewbooks but nothing
will substitute for an in-person visit.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) is
the first and only computer science school in the University of California,
offering
visitors opportunities to attend academic lectures, interact with
leading computer science researchers and recruit intelligent and
out of the box thinking computer science students.
If you're interested
in attending ICS and want to learn more about a particular degree program
- even
meet with faculty doing research that piques your interest - please call the Student Affairs Office at (949) 824-5156 and ask to speak to an undergraduate or graduate counselor.
Campus walking tours are offered almost every Monday through Friday. Please check the Tour Calendar for available times and to ensure that there is a tour offered on the day you wish to visit.
Campus Map »Campus map of UCI (PDF)
The Bren School Student Affairs Office has relocated to: Information and Computer Science, Suite 352 (building #302 on the campus map).
exit the airport at MacArthur - turn right on MacArthur,
turn left on Campus Dr.,
turn right on E. Peltason Dr. to purchase a parking pass at the kiosk,
go past one traffic light and watch for Los Trancos (two stop
signs),
at the first entrance past Los Trancos turn right into Parking
Lot 12B
From the parking lot, take paths that go away from East Peltason
Drive, and look for Donald Bren Hall.
The
Bren School Front Desk is in room 6210 on the 6th floor of Donald Bren Hall. The office telephone number is (949) 824-7427
in case you need to call.
From the parking lot, take paths that go away from East Peltason
Drive, and look for Donald Bren Hall.
The
Bren School Front Desk is in room 6210 on the 6th floor of Donald Bren Hall. The office telephone number is (949) 824-7427
in case you need to call.
From the 73 Freeway/Toll Road
from the north
Exit at University Drive
Left on University Drive
Right on California Avenue into UCI
from the south
Exit at Bison Avenue
Right on Bison Avenue into UCI
From the parking lot, take paths that go away from East Peltason
Drive, and look for Donald Bren Hall.
The
Bren School Front Desk is in room 6210 on the 6th floor of Donald Bren Hall. The office telephone number is (949) 824-7427
in case you need to call.
From the 55 Freeway
from the north
Take 405 south
Exit at Jamboree Road
Right on Jamboree Road
Left on Campus Drive
Right on West or East Peltason Drive into UCI
from the south
Take 405 south
Exit at Jamboree Road
Right on Jamboree Road
Left on Campus Drive
Right on West or East Peltason Drive into UCI
From the parking lot, take paths that go away from East Peltason
Drive, and look for Donald Bren Hall.
The
Bren School Front Desk is in room 6210 on the 6th floor of Donald Bren Hall. The office telephone number is (949) 824-7427
in case you need to call.
From the 5 Freeway
from the north
Take 5 south to 55 south to 405 south
Exit at Jamboree Road
Right on Jamboree Road
Left on Campus Drive
Right on West or East Peltason Drive into UCI
from the south
Take 5 north to 405 north
Exit at Culver Drive
Left on Culver Drive
Right on Campus Drive
Left on East or West Peltason Drive into UCI
From the parking lot, take paths that go away from East Peltason
Drive, and look for Donald Bren Hall.
The
Bren School Front Desk is in room 6210 on the 6th floor of Donald Bren Hall. The office telephone number is (949) 824-7427
in case you need to call.
Welcome to the ICS news page! Below you'll find links to press releases, articles from national and local media featuring the school, as well as noteworthy achievements of our faculty, students and staff. Media interested in interviewing ICS faculty, students or alumni should contact Matt Miller at (949) 824-1562 or via email: communications@ics.uci.edu.
Press Releases Current listing and archive of press releases and media advisories.
Videos Visit our YouTube page to view a wide range of videos, from student life, to innovative research and alumni profiles.
Features Stories about our faculty, students, alumni, staff and programs.
Noteworthy Achievements Collection of news briefs about faculty or student awards, accolades and recognition.
In the News Articles in global, national, local and campus media that feature or mention the Bren School, our students or faculty members.
Annual Reports Check out our current and past issues of the ICS Annual Report.
BrenBits A quarterly e-newsletter with news and event updates.
Stay Connected Subscribe to the ICS RSS feed to get news delivered directly to your desktop.
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As public funding for our state's universities declines and the
costs and risks of corporate R&D escalate, there is increasing
motivation for forging bonds between academia and industry.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is research oriented -- even at the undergraduate level -- with
formal projects addressing hardware, software, algorithm design,
artificial intelligence and the societal impacts of computing.
Research-orientated education means ICS students arrive at
companies already comfortable on the leading edge and poised to make
an immediate
impact.
In addition to students, our world-renowed faculty work with outside
companies and frequently collaborate with professionals in
other academic
areas
to create
even greater synergy.
This results in a combination of corporate
insight, faculty guidance and student energy that has proven time
and again to be the spark that ignites tomorrow’s products
and services.
The ICS programs listed below offer you an opportunity to interface with our students and faculty.
Butterworth Product Development Competition This competition offers an opportunity for students to develop their business skills and earn cash prizes. Learn more »
Tech Jobs Whether you are looking for computer science interns, part-time or full-time employees, Tech Jobs is the place for you. Post your job opening and know that you are reaching ICS students and alumni each and every time! Learn more »
Scholarships & Fellowships Support a student by sponsoring a scholarship or fellowship. In forging relationships with the students they support, current donors have discovered that ICS students are more than scholars, they also are community volunteers, dedicated youth leaders, responsible young adults and promising future professionals. Learn more »
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/friends/leadershipcouncil/index.php
Leadership Council for UCI's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
The Dean's Leadership Council is an advisory board that helps advance the Donald Bren School of ICS' research, teaching and public service goals by strengthening the school's ties to industry and the community. Council members provide invaluable input to the dean of the school from their industry and community perspective on industry trends, the ICS curriculum, and so forth.
MISSION
The mission of the Dean's Leadership Council is to:
Serve as an advisory group to the dean of the Bren School of ICS;
Serve as advocates for the Bren School of ICS and promote the interests of the school in the community;
Assist in recruiting additional members to the council who fit the profile for membership and identify other support groups who can contribute to the advancement of the school; and
Assist in fund-raising campaigns to help increase the financial resources of the school.
The council meets three times per academic year.
If you are interested in getting involved in the Leadership Council, please contact Ed Hand, Director of Development, at elhand@uci.edu or at (949) 824-6563.
CURRENT COUNCIL MEMBERS
Dave Goff, Chair Senior VP and CIO, Skilled Healthcare, LLC
Roger Andelin ’87 Senior VP, CTO Online Technology
Paul Butterworth ’74, M.S. ‘81 CTO, Emotive Communications, Inc.
David Cheng ‘91
Kevin Daly, Ph.D. CEO, Maxxess Systems, Inc.
Rick Dutta Chairman and CEO, Nexvisionix, Inc.
Jon Hahn ‘81 FFF Enterprises
Arthur Hitomi ‘96 CTO and Co-Founder, Numecent
Robert Kleist Retired. Founder and Chairman, Printronix
Joel Manfredo Managing Director, Acies Consulting
Kevin Mun Vice President of Operations, Vangard Voice Systems, Inc.
Himanshu Palsule Executive Vice President of Strategy, Sage
Daryl G. Pelc VP Engineering & Technology, Phantom Works Huntington Beach Site Engineering Leader
Dinesh Ramanathan M.S. ’95, Ph.D. ‘00
Robert Romney ‘83 Retired. Founder, Zenographics, Inc.
Larry Rowe ’70, Ph.D. ‘76 Retired
Ted Smith Chairman and CEO, MIND Research Institute
Julie Sokol VP, Information Technology Services Irvine Company
Sandra Smart-Ashburn B.S. ‘87 Senior Director, DIRECTTV Group, Inc.
You're off campus and on your career path. But you can still make a difference in the Bren School community, whether you've moved down the block, across the country or around the world. For information on involvement opportunites, view the programs below or contact us at khuerth@ics.uci.edu or (949) 824-3074.
This fall, UCI will celebrate its 50th anniversary as one of the nation’s leading computer science schools. To honor those alumni who have made a significant impact in their profession or, in other ways, have brought distinction to the School, we are creating the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Hall of Fame. If you know of ICS alumni who should be honored in this esteemed group, please fill out the online nomination form. For questions or additional information, please contact Kristin Huerth at khuerth@ics.uci.edu.
We're looking for your Class Notes! Whether you have a new job, started a new company or have any other exciting professional or personal news you want to share with other ICS alumni, we want to know. Please submit all of your Class Notes online so that we can consider them for the next ICS Annual Report, as well as on social media and our website.
The inaugural Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences Hall of Fame will honor ICS alumni who have made a significant impact in their profession or, in other ways, have brought distinction to ICS. If you know of ICS alumni who should be honored in this esteemed group, please complete the nomination form below; nominations will be reviewed on a rolling basis. For questions or additional information, please contact Ed Hand at elhand@uci.edu or Kristin Huerth at khuerth@ics.uci.edu.
Faculty members in the Bren School are of national and international
renown, including ACM and IEEE Fellows, AAAI Career Fellow and many
respected authors, leaders and directors of preeminent research and
academic endeavors.
Despite an exhaustive list of accolades, the
most notable trait of each faculty member is the unparalleled commitment
to teaching and instruction as demonstrated in the classroom.
The Bren School is recruiting faculty at all levels of tenure. For information
on faculty opportunities, please visit
the employment page.
Ardalan Amiri Sani Assistant Professor Research Area: Embedded Systems Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:ardalan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6753 Office: DBH 3062 Learn more
Pierre Baldi Chancellor's Professor, Director Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Databases and Data Mining Environmental Informatics Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Computer Science Email:pfbaldi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5809 Office: DBH 4038 Learn more
Brigitte Baldi Lecturer Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:baldib@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1912 Office: 2208 Bren Hall Learn more
Lubomir Bic Professor Research Area: Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:bic@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5248 Office: DBH 3224 Learn more
Yunan Chen Associate Professor Research Area: Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Department: Informatics Email:yunanc@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0959 Office: DBH 5066 Learn more
Rina Dechter Professor; Vice Chair Computing Division, Computer Science Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Department: Computer Science Email:dechter@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6556 Office: DBH 4232 Learn more
Michael Dillencourt Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:dillenco@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7556 Office: DBH 4086 Learn more
Paul Dourish Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Environmental Informatics Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Social Informatics Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:jpd@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8127 Office: DBH 5086 Learn more
Nikil Dutt Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Department: Computer Science Email:dutt@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7219 Office: DBH 3091 Learn more
Magda El Zarki Professor Research Area: Multimedia Computing Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:elzarki@uci.edu Phone: (949) 228-8584 Office: DBH 3216 Learn more
David Eppstein Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Computer Graphics and Visualization Department: Computer Science Email:eppstein@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6384 Office: DBH 4082 Learn more
Charless Fowlkes Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email:fowlkes@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6945 Office: DBH 4076 Learn more
Michael Franz Professor, Director: Secure Systems and Languages Laboratory Research Area: Programming Languages and Systems Security Software Engineering Department: Computer Science Email:franz@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0016 Office: ICS 444 Learn more
Dan Frost Senior Lecturer SOE Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Department: Informatics Email:frost@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1588 Office: DBH 5058 Learn more
Daniel Gillen Professor Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:dgillen@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9862 Office: DBH 2226 Learn more
Tony Givargis Professor, Assoc. Dean for Student Affairs Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Department: Computer Science Email:givargis@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9357 Office: DBH 3076 Learn more
Michael T. Goodrich Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Computer Graphics and Visualization Department: Computer Science Email:goodrich@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9366 Office: DBH 4091 Learn more
Stacey Hancock Lecturer PSOE Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:staceyah@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9795 Office: 2204 DBH Learn more
Ian G. Harris Associate Professor; Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Computer Science Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Department: Computer Science Email:harris@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8842 Office: DBH 3088 Learn more
Wayne Hayes Associate Professor Research Area: Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Scientific and Numerical Computing Department: Computer Science Email:wayne@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1753 Office: DBH 4092 Learn more
Gillian R Hayes Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs, Informatics Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Social Informatics Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:gillianrh@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1483 Office: DBH 5084 Learn more
Daniel S. Hirschberg Professor, Irvine Senate Parliamentarian Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Department: Computer Science Email:dan@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6480 Office: DBH 4226 Learn more
Alexander Ihler Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Department: Computer Science Email:ihler@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3645 Office: DBH 4066 Learn more
Sandy Irani Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Department: Computer Science Email:irani@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6346 Office: DBH 4042 Learn more
Wesley O. Johnson Professor; Vice Chair of Graduate Affairs, Statistics Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:wjohnson@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0147 Office: DBH 2232 Learn more
James A. Jones Associate Professor Research Area: Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:jajones@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0942 Office: DBH 5214 Learn more
Scott Jordan Professor Research Area: Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:sjordan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2177 Office: DBH 3214 Learn more
David G. Kay Senior Lecturer SOE; Vice Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Informatics Department: Informatics Email:kay@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5072 Office: DBH 5056 Learn more
Ray Klefstad Lecturer Research Area: Embedded Systems Networks and Distributed Systems Programming Languages and Systems Department: Computer Science Email:klefstad@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6753 Office: ICS 424 Learn more
Alfred Kobsa Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Security Privacy and Cryptography Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:kobsa@uci.edu Phone: (949) 485-5020 Office: DBH 5092 Learn more
Richard Lathrop Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Department: Computer Science Email:rickl@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4021 Office: DBH 4224 Learn more
Marco Levorato Assistant Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Networks and Distributed Systems Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Computer Science Email:levorato@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2175 Office: DBH 3206 Learn more
Chen Li Professor Research Area: Databases and Data Mining Department: Computer Science Email:chenli@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9470 Office: DBH 2092 Learn more
Cristina V. Lopes Professor Research Area: Programming Languages and Systems Software Engineering Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:lopes@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-1525 Office: DBH 5076 Learn more
George S. Lueker Professor Emeritus Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Department: Computer Science Email:lueker@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5866 Office: DBH 4206 Learn more
Aditi Majumder Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email:majumder@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8877 Office: DBH 4056 Learn more
Sam Malek Professor Research Area: Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:malek@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0639 Office: DBH 5226 Learn more
Gloria Mark Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Social Informatics Department: Informatics Email:gmark@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5955 Office: DBH 5212 Learn more
Gopi Meenakshisundaram Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Computer Vision Department: Computer Science Email:gopi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9498 Office: DBH 4212 Learn more
Sharad Mehrotra Professor; Vice Chair of Graduate Studies, Computer Science Research Area: Databases and Data Mining Multimedia Computing Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:sharad@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5975 Office: DBH 2082 Learn more
Eric Mjolsness Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Computer Vision Scientific and Numerical Computing Department: Computer Science Email:emj@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3533 Office: DBH 6082 Learn more
Bonnie Nardi Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Social Informatics Department: Informatics Email:nardi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6534 Office: DBH 5088 Learn more
Alexandru Nicolau Professor, Department Chair Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Programming Languages and Systems Department: Computer Science Email:nicolau@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4079 Office: DBH 3082 Learn more
Judy Olson Bren Professor of Information & Computer Sciences Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Department: Informatics Email:jsolson@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0080 Office: DBH 5206 Learn more
Gary M. Olson Bren Professor of Information & Computer Sciences Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Social Informatics Department: Informatics Email:golson@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0077 Office: DBH 5202 Learn more
Hernando Ombao Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:hombao@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5679 Office: DBH 2206 Learn more
Donald J Patterson Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:djp3@ics.uci.edu Phone: (206) 355-5863 Office: DBH 5084 Learn more
David Redmiles Professor Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Human Computer Interaction Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:redmiles@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3823 Office: DBH 5232 Learn more
Amelia C. Regan Professor Research Area: Algorithms and Complexity Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:aregan@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2611 Office: DBH 4068 Learn more
Walt Scacchi Sr. Research Scientist, Institute for Software Research Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Software Engineering Department: Lecturer Email:wscacchi@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4130 Office: ICS2 202 Learn more
Isaac D. Scherson Professor Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Embedded Systems Networks and Distributed Systems Department: Computer Science Email:isaac@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8144 Office: ICS 464C Learn more
Babak Shahbaba Associate Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:babaks@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0623 Office: DBH 2224 Learn more
Weining Shen Assistant Professor Research Area: Statistics and biostatistics Department: Statistics Email:weinings@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-5968 Office: DBH 2241 Learn more
Padhraic Smyth Professor, Director, UCI's Data Science Initiative Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Databases and Data Mining Scientific and Numerical Computing Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Computer Science Email:smyth@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-2558 Office: DBH 4216 Learn more
Hal Stern Professor and Dean Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:sternh@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7405 Office: DBH 6215 Learn more
Richard Taylor Professor Emeritus, Director, Institute for Software Research Research Area: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Networks and Distributed Systems Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:taylor@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6429 Office: DBH 5216 Learn more
Bill Tomlinson Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Environmental Informatics Human Computer Interaction Ubiquitous Computing Department: Informatics Email:wmt@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9804 Office: DBH 5068 Learn more
Gene Tsudik Chancellor's Professor Research Area: Security Privacy and Cryptography Department: Computer Science Email:gts@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-3410 Office: ICS 458E Learn more
Jessica Utts Professor and Chair Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:jutts@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0649 Office: DBH 2212 Learn more
Andre van der Hoek Professor and Chair, Department of Informatics Research Area: Software Engineering Department: Informatics Email:ichair@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6326 Office: DBH 5038 Learn more
Alexander Veidenbaum Professor Research Area: Computer Architecture and Design Databases and Data Mining Programming Languages and Systems Department: Computer Science Email:alexv AT ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6188 Office: DBH 3056 Learn more
Richert Wang Lecturer Research Area: Networks and Distributed Systems Programming Languages and Systems Software Engineering Department: Computer Science Email:rkwang@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6753 Office: ICS 424 Learn more
Xiaohui Xie Professor Research Area: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Medical Informatics Department: Computer Science Email:xhx@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-9289 Office: DBH 4058 Learn more
Harry Xu Assistant Professor Research Area: Programming Languages and Systems Software Engineering Department: Computer Science Email:harry.g.xu@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-8870 Office: DBH 3212 Learn more
Yaming Yu Associate Professor Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:yamingy@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-7361 Office: DBH 2228 Learn more
Zhaoxia Yu Associate Professor Research Area: Statistics and Statistical Theory Department: Statistics Email:yu.zhaoxia@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-0491 Office: DBH 2214 Learn more
Shuang Zhao Assistant Professor Research Area: Computer Graphics and Visualization Department: Computer Science Email:shz@ics.uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-4942 Office: DBH 4214 Learn more
Kai Zheng Associate Professor Research Area: Human Computer Interaction Medical Informatics Department: Informatics Email:kai.zheng@uci.edu Phone: (949) 824-6920 Office: DBH 5228 Learn more
Richard N. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Information
and Computer Sciences at the University
of California at Irvine and a member of the Department of Informatics
(of which he was chair from its founding in January of 2003 through June,
2004). He received the Ph.D. degree in Computer
Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1980. His research
interests are centered on design and software architectures, especially
event-based and
peer-to-peer systems and the way they scale across organizational boundaries.
Professor Taylor is the Director of the Institute
for Software Research, which is dedicated to fostering innovative
basic and applied research in software and information technologies
through partnerships
with industry and government. He has served as chairman of ACM's Special Interest
Group on Software Engineering, SIGSOFT,
chairman of the steering committee for the International
Conference on Software Engineering, and was general chair of the
1999 International Joint Conference on Work Activities, Coordination,
and Collaboration and the 2004
International Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering.
He was the General Chair for the 2011
International Conference on Software Engineering, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 2011.
Established in July 1999, the University of California's Institute for Software
Research (ISR) is dedicated to
fostering innovative basic and applied research in software and information
technologies;
working with established companies, startups, government agencies, and standards
bodies to develop and transition the technologies to widespread and practical
application;
educating the next generation of software researchers and practitioners
in advanced software technologies;
supporting the public service mission of the University of California in
developing the economic basis of the State of California.
The Institute's activities are focused on:
Direct support of research projects, including funding personnel
Research support services (administrative services)
Conference and seminar services
Technology transition
The Institute extends beyond the boundaries of UC Irvine and includes faculty
from a variety of institutions. The Institute's web site details the faculty, staff, and students involved, the current projects,
events, and news.
Research
My research is focused on design — the issues, techniques, and agents
involved in creating and evolving software artifacts and processes. Specific
emphases include:
software architecture:
means for designing, organizing, and describing distributed and decentralized
applications.
The foundational work on architectures has centered on means for describing
architectures in various styles and development of new architectural styles
(notably the "C2" components-and-connectors
style and, with Roy Fielding, the REST
style for Internet applications such as the WWW). Current work in this
domain is directed at developing, with Michael Gorlick and Justin Erenkrantz,
the CREST style for computational exchange on the Internet.
Richard N. Taylor, Nenad Medvidovic, Kenneth M. Anderson, E. James Whitehead,
Jr., Jason E. Robbins, Kari A. Nies, Peyman Oreizy, and Deborah L. Dubrow.
A component and message-based architectural style for GUI software. IEEE
Transactions on Software Engineering, 22, 6, pp. 390-406 (June, 1996.)
Roy Fielding, E. James Whitehead, Jr., Kenneth Anderson, Peyman Oreizy,
Gregory Bolcer, and Richard Taylor. Web-based Development of Complex
Information Products. Communications of the ACM, 41,8, pp. 84-92. (August
1998.)
Nenad Medvidovic and Richard N. Taylor. A Classification and Comparison
Framework for Software Architecture Description Languages. IEEE
Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 70-93 (January 2000).
Peyman Oreizy, Michael M. Gorlick, Richard N. Taylor, Dennis M. Heimbigner,
Gregory F. Johnson, Nenad Medvidovic, Alex Quilici, David S. Rosenblum,
Alexander L. Wolf. An Architecture-Based Approach to Self-Adaptive Software.
IEEE Intelligent Systems,14, 3, pp. 54–62 (May/June 1999).
Kenneth M. Anderson, Richard N. Taylor, E. James Whitehead, Jr. Chimera:
Hypermedia for Heterogeneous Environments. ACM Transactions
on Office Information Systems, 18, 3, pp. 211-245 (July, 2000).
Roy Fielding and Richard N. Taylor. Principled design of the Modern Web
Architecture. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology,
2, 2, pp. 115-150
(May 2002).
Eric M. Dashofy, André van der Hoek, Richard N. Taylor. An Infrastructure
for the Rapid Development of XML-based Architecture Description Languages.
Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Software Engineering
(ICSE 2002), Orlando, May 22-24, 2002.
Rohit Khare and Richard N. Taylor. “Extending the Representational
State Transfer (REST) Architectural Style for Decentralized Systems.” Proceedings
of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), May, 2004,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Justin R. Erenkrantz, Michael Gorlick, Girish Suryanarayana, Richard N.
Taylor. From representations to computations: the evolution of web architectures.
Proceedings of the 6th joint meeting of the European Software Engineering
Conference and the 14th ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on Foundations of Software
Engineering (ESEC/FSE 07), September 03 - 07, 2007, Pages: 255 - 264.
Georgas, J. C. and Taylor, R. N. 2008. Policy-based self-adaptive architectures:
a feasibility study in the robotics domain. In Proceedings of the 2008 international
Workshop on Software Engineering For Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (Leipzig,
Germany, May 12 - 13, 2008). SEAMS '08. ACM, New York, NY, 105-112
Design
(Not just software!)
The Proposal
for a School of Design at the University of California, Irvine (dated
November 2002; PDF format; 188 pages; 8.5M) recommends establishment of
a research-based school having an interdisciplinary approach to design
and a comprehensive array of degree programs at the bachelor's, master's,
and doctoral levels. The School of Design proposal was transmitted
to the Irvine Division of the Academic Senate on January 13, 2003. The proposal
is no longer under active consideration, but remains a vision document for
the design research community.
Prof. Goodrich received his B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science
from Calvin College in 1983 and his PhD in Computer Sciences
from Purdue University in 1987.
Dr. Goodrich's research is directed at the design of high
performance algorithms and data structures with applications
to information assurance and security,
the Internet,
machine learning,
and geometric computing.
He has pioneered and led research on efficient
solutions to a number
of fundamental problems, including sorting, convex hull construction,
nearest-neighbor searching,
linear programming, privacy-preserving data access, network traceback,
and data authentication.
With over 300 publications, including several widely-adopted
books,
his recent work includes contributions to efficient and secure
distributed data structures,
information privacy,
social networks,
and cloud security.
He has served as a consultant to AT&T,
Walt Disney Animation Studios, and
the National Science Foundation. He has
experience as an expert witness in patent litigation
involving algorithms, cryptography,
machine learning, digital rights management (DRM),
computer security, networking, and storage technologies.
He is an
ACM
Distinguished Scientist,
a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS), a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow of the IEEE,
and a
Fellow
of the ACM.
He is a recipient of the
IEEE
Computer Society Technical Achievement Award,
the NSF Research Initiation Award,
the DARPA Spirit of Technology Transfer Award,
the Brown Univ. Award for Technological Innovation,
the ACM Recognition of Service Award, and the Pond
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Positions:
Sr. Research Scientist, Research Faculty, ISR and Research
Director, Institute for Virtual Environments and Computer Games
Areas:
Software, Computer Games and Virtual Worlds Office: Room
ICS2-202, Bldg. 304
US mail:
Walt Scacchi
Institute for Software Research Donald Bren School of
Information and Computer Sciences University of California,
Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3455 USA
Organizational
Studies of Free/Open Source Software Development
Acquisition of Open
Source Software Systems (including governance, procurement,
licensing, software engineering, deployment, operations and field
support)
Computer Supported
Collaborative Work Environments
Organizational and
Software Process Modeling and Simulation
Naval Postgraduate
School, Center for the Edge Power, Exploring the Potential of
Computer Games and Virtual Worlds for Decentralized Command and
Control, (2010-2011)
Naval Postgraduate
School, Acquisition Research Program, Emerging Issues in the
Acquisition of Open Source Software and Open Architectures,
(2007-2015).
Achieving
Better Buying Power Through Acquisition of Open Architecture
Software Systems for Web-Based and Mobile Devices, (with T.
Alspaugh),Proc.
12th.Annual
Acquisition Research Symposium,Monterey,
CA, May 2015.
Achieving Better
Buying Power Through Cost-Sensitive Acquisition of Open Architecture
Software Systems (with T. Alspaugh), Proc. 11th.Annual
Acquisition Research Symposium, Monterey, CA,
NPS-AM-14-C11P07R01-036, May 2014.
Convergence
Platforms: Human-Scale Convergence and the Quality of Life (with
D. MacGregor, M. Baba, A. Oliva, et al.) in Convergence
of Knowledge, Technology and Society: Beyond Convergence of
Nano-Bio-Info-Cognitive Technologies,
Science Policy Reports 2013, 53-93. Springer, New York.
Implications:
Societal Collective Outcomes, Including Manufacturing, (with J.
Cao, M.A. Meador, M.L. Baba, et al.) in Convergence
of Knowledge, Technology and Society: Beyond Convergence of
Nano-Bio-Info-Cognitive Technologies,
Science Policy Reports 2013, 255-285. Springer, New York.
Open
Source Systems: Long-Term Sustainability,
(with I. Hammouda, B. Lundell, and T. Mikkonen, (Eds.)), Proc. 8th.
IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2012, IFIP Advances in
Information and Communications Technology, Vol. 378, Hammamet,
Tunisia, September 2012.
Security
Licensing, (with T. Alspaugh), Proc.
Fifth Intern. Workshop on Requirements Engineering and Law,
25-28, September 2012.
Software
Licenses, Open Source Components, and Open Architectures, (with
T. Alspaugh and H. Asuncion), in I. Mistrik, A. Tang, R. Bashon and
J.A. Stafford (Eds.), Aligning Enterprise,
System, and Software Architectures,
IGI-Global Publishers, 58-79, October 2012.
License
Update and Migration Processes in Open Source Software Projects,
(with C. Jensen), in S. Hissam, B. Russo, M.G. de Mendonca Neto, and
F. Kan (Eds.), Open Source Systems: Grounding
Research, Proc. 7th. IFIP Intern. Conf. Open Source Systems,
177-195, IFIP ACIT 365, Salvador, Brazil, October 2011.
Modding
as an Open Source Approach to Extending Computer Game Systems,
in S. Hissam, B. Russo, M.G. de Mendonca Neto, and F. Kan (Eds.),
Open Source Systems: Grounding Research,
Proc. 7th. IFIP Intern. Conf. Open Source Systems,
62-74, IFIP ACIT 365, (Best Paper award), Salvador, Brazil, October
2011. Also in Intern. J. Open Source Software
and Processes, 3(3), 36-47, July-September
2011. Reprinted in S. Koch (Ed.), Open Source
Software Dynamics, Processes, and Applications,
177-188, Information Science Reference, IGI Global, 2013.
Open
Source Software Development, (with C. Jensen), in W.S.
Bainbridge (Ed.), Leadership in Science and
Technology: A Reference Handbook, Sage
Publishers, 772-781,2012.
Open
Source Software, Encyclopedia of Software
Engineering, Taylor and Francis, New York,
614-626, 2011.
Understanding
Requirements for Open Source Software, in K, Lyytinen, P.
Loucopoulos, J. Mylopoulos, and W. Robinson (eds.), Design
Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective,
LNBIP 14, Springer-Verlag, 467-494, 2009.
Guest Editorial—Open
Source Software for Engineering Education: Pedagogical Strategies
that Leverage Open Source Tools, (with M. Lytras), IEEE
Transactions on Education, 50(4), November 2007.
Multi-Modal
Modeling, Analysis and Validation of Open Source Software
Development Processes, (with Chris Jensen, John Noll, and
Margaret Elliott), Intern. J. Internet
Technology and Web Engineering, 1(3), 49-63,
2006. Previous version appeared in Proc.
First Intern. Conf. Open Source Software,
1-8, Genova, Italy, July 2005. Received Best
Paper Award. Reprinted in G. Alkhatib and D.
Rine, (Eds.), Integrated Approaches in
Information Technology and Web Engineering: Advancing Organizational
Knowledge Sharing, Information Science
Reference, Hershey, PA, 51-65, 2009.
Understanding
Free/Open Source Software Evolution, revised version in N.H.
Madhavji, J.F. Ramil and D. Perry (eds.), Software
Evolution and Feedback: Theory and Practice,
181-206, John Wiley and Sons Inc, New York, 2006.
Hypertext
for Software Engineering, revised version appears in J.
Marciniak (ed.), Encyclopedia of Software
Engineering, 2nd. Edition, Wiley, 612-621,
2002.
Process
Models in Software Engineering, revised version to appear in J.
Marciniak (ed.), Encyclopedia of Software
Engineering, 2nd. Edition, Wiley, 993-1005,
2002.
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Raymond Klefstad, Ph.D.
Computers and communications technologies have changed
the world. From command-and-control systems to
control of our automobiles, these technologies play a vital role. This
revolution is only a few decades old, but already
futurists talk about the twenty-first century in terms
of the ``information economy,'' the ``information
society,'' and even the ``information age.'' UCI's
Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Science is in the center of this revolution,
with programs of instruction and research in a variety
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My research interests are in the fields of databases and information
retrieval, including search, data-intensive computing,
data integration and sharing, data warehouses, data cleansing,
and Web information management. The following are several database
projects I am working on.
Current Projects
ASTERIX: This project is about
Active, Scalable, Transactional Enterprise Repository for Information in XML. It's a new effort to develop a scalable semi-structured information management system, based on XML and XQuery technologies, targeting very large shared-nothing compute clusters.
IPUBMED: Efficient instant
search on large amounts of data. It started with the joint
research project
with Tsinghua University on
efficient auto-complete and type-ahead search on large data sets.
Family Reunification.
Help people find their loved ones during or after a disaster.
The Raccoon Project on Data
Integration and Sharing. I started this project several years ago,
and it's in its final stage. I still have some ongoing research related to
this project. But compared to the first two projects, this one is less active.
Prof. Heri Ramampiaro,
2009 - 2010, Visiting professor from Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU).
Vijay Rajakumar, MS 2008-2010. Bimaple
Minh Doan, MS 2008-2010.
Jiaheng Lu, Postdoc 2006-2008, first appointment: faculty at Renmin University, China.
Yiming Lu, MS 2006-2008, first appointment: Microsoft.
Vassia Pavlaki, PhD student from NTUA, Greece. Visitor, Summer
2005 and April 2006.
Bin Wang (PhD candidate) and Xiaochun Yang (professor), Northeastern University, China. Visitors, summer 2006, summer 2007.
Houtan Shirani-Mehr, MS in 2006, became a PhD student at USC.
Chris Trezzo, Undergrad student (SURF-IT),
summer 2006.
Jia Li, MS in 2005, first appointment: an IT company in the bay
area.
Liang Jin, MS in 2005, first appointment: Microsoft.
Qi Zhong, MS in 2005, first appointment: Microsoft.
Grants, fellowships, awards
2013, 10-year Best Paper Award for the DASFAA 2003 paper
titled "Efficient Record Linkage in Large Data Sets" by Liang Jin, Chen Li, and Sharad Mehrotra.
2012, ACM
SIGMOD 2012 Test-of-Time Award for the SIGMOD 2002 paper titled
"Executing SQL over encrypted data in the database-service-provider
model" by Hakan Hacigumus, Bala Iyer, Chen Li, and Sharad Mehrotra.
2012, UCI ICS Dean's Award for Graduate Student Mentoring.
2011, I advised a group of students to participate in the
Microsoft
Speller Challenge and won the third place.
2010, Intel grant on compression of human genome data.
NSF research award IIS 1030002 on powerful keyword search in a cloud-computing infrastructure, 2010.
2009 UCI ICS Dean's Award for excellence in Mid-Career Research.
2009, NSF research
award 0910989
titled "DC: Large: Collaborative Research: ASTERIX: A Highly Scalable
Parallel Platform for Semistructured Data Management and Analysis."
Organized research programs provide a mechanism and organizational structure within which collective research activities can take place that are fundamentally different from those that occur normally within the schools and departments. They are intended to foster the development of short- and long-term research programs that span disciplines and academic units, thereby making it possible for faculty to acquire extramural resources for which they might not otherwise qualify. The following is a list of the research centers that are part of ICS:
ABRC - Ada Byron Research Center ABRC studies and promotes diverse access to and participation in computer science, engineering, digital media and related information technology fields.
CDT - Center for Digital Transformation One of the world's leading think tanks on the impact of information technology on organizations and society and on the management of information technology.
Center for Algorithms and Theory of Computation The goal of research in theoretical computer science is to produce results, supported by rigorous proof, about problems dealing with computers and their applications.
Center for Embedded Computer Systems Conducting leading-edge interdisciplinary research in embedded systems, the center develops innovative design methodologies, and promote technology and knowledge transfer for the benefit of the individual and society.
Center for Social Computing Conducts foundational research into the relationship between information technology and society. Based at UCI, the center brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from leading U.S. universities.
CERT - Center for Emergency Response Technologies Works to radically transform the ability of responding organizations to gather, manage, use, and disseminate information within emergency response networks and to the general public. By using more robust information systems, response can focus on activities that have the highest potential to save lives and property.
COR - Center for Organizational Research COR contributes to the development of organization theory by connecting scholars from many disciplines who bring their knowledge and methods to a common understanding of these issues.
Computational Vision Lab The Computational Vision Lab focuses on understanding the information processing capabilities of biological visual systems and on developing computational systems for processing visual media.
IGB - Institute for Genomics and BioInformatics Fostering innovative basic and applied research in genomics and BioInformatics, IGB works with established companies, start-ups, government agencies and standards bodies to develop and transition these technologies to widespread and practical application.
ISR - Institute for Software Research Works toward advancing software and information technology through research partnerships and educating the next generation of software researchers and practitioners in advanced software technologies.
IVECG - Institute for Virtual Environments and Computer Games Brings together researchers for the common goal of understanding and creating technology and applications that transform how we: see the world through immersive visualization and virtual tours; interact and socialize with global communities; communicate and collaborate with colleagues in virtual collaborative space; provide medical care and training to remote corners of the world; and educate all ages and populations using virtual environments.
LUCI - Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction Addresses the entire range of research problems that arise from the ubiquitous computing vision: the design of novel devices, the structure of software systems, techniques for designing and building systems, patterns of interaction, and the cultural implications of ubiquitous computing.
SCONCE - Secure Computing and Networking Center SCONCE focuses on research for protecting information and computing infrastructure with an emphasis in areas like applied cryptography, network security and information assurance.
These research projects are being done in collaboration with a number of
faculty from the School of Biological Science and the College of Medicine.
For validation of the computational approach each project is focussed on a
particular genome.
Promoter modelling.
Collaborator: Ming Tan. Students: Hilda Yu and Johnny Ackers. We have
developed a bimotif variable gap model that has been successful at
predicting the sigma-28 promoter site in Chlamydia and E. coli
Extensions of this model will be applied to search for dimer binding
sites.
Hydra database Collaborators: Hans
Bode, Robert Steele, and Steve Hampson. Analysis and data from Hydra ests,
as they are being sequenced. Currently we have about 140,000 ests
available and new sequences are added monthly. The main goals are to
identify genes, their functions, and their evolutionary histories.
Discovery of Chlamydial
Transcription factor Binding Sites Collaborator: Ming Tan. Student:
Bob Chan. Chlamydia is an unusual bacterial that lives entirely within
human cells. We are developing algorithms that combine various forms of
evidence to identify the transcription binding sites that control the
early and late genes.
In general our goal is to develop programs that can
use the available data to help determine biological significant substructures
or patterns in genomes.
Current Graduate Advisees and Projects
�Johnny Akers (Bio phd student): Advisor Ming
Tan. Identifying regulatory elements in Chlamydia arising from dimerization.
�Martin Brandon��
Advisor Pierre Baldi�� MitoMap
Graduate students completing
with doctorate
Bob Chan (2007)
Discovery of Local Patterns in DNA that Predict CRMs and Protein
Structural Similarity
Hilda Yu (2006)
co-advisor with Ming Tan
Catherine Blake
(2003), Assistant Professor, University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Yuh-Jyh Hu (1999),
Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department, TatungUniversity,
Taipei.
Piew Datta (1997),
Researcher at GTE Research Laboratory.
Pedro Domingos (1997),
Associate Professor, University
of Washington.
Pat Murphy (1996),
Reseacher Scientist at JPL.
David Ruby (1993),
Independent Consultant.
David Aha (1990),
Researcher at Naval Research Laboratory.
Etienne Wenger (1990),
Research scientist at the Institute for Research on Learning, XeroxPark
Rogers Hall (1990),
Associate Professor at Vanderbilt, Department of Education.
Douglas Fisher (1987),
Associate Professor at VanderbiltUniversity.
Paul Morris (1984),
Researcher at Intellicorp, Menlo
Park, California.
Bruce W. Porter
(1984), Professor at University
of Texas.
Steven Hampson (1983),
Research Scientist at UCI.
John Conery (1983),
Professor at University
of Oregon.
Stephen Fickas (1983),
Professor at University
of Oregon.
Notable Undergraduates
Kimberly
Ferguson(2003) Computing Research Award (honorable mention)
Undergraduate Advisees and Projects
Frank Chen: Building a
monad and dyad motif detector.
Timothy Uy: (High
school student) Evaluating Genetic Algorithm on BSAT
Bach Ho: Extending
Weka with improved Nearest Neighbor and k-means algorithms
Gary Suh: Diagnose Colon cancer using
Protein expression data (Ciphergen)
Vishahk: Creating a
web-interface and mysql database for HYDRA data.
David Hu: Building a
dimer binding site detector for chlamydia trachomatis.
Course Offerings:
Cosmos: Data Mining
Course for Gifted High
School Students
Geometric and
intuitive approach to three problems in Data Mining
Classification
Regression
Clustering
Course will use the
freely available Weka software
Prerequisites:
Comfortable with algebra, geometry and computers
The goal of this course is to introduce students to
the bioinformatics research paradigm by studying three significant problems in
understanding the genome. The paradigm consists of starting with a biological
problem, biological data and biological knowledge and then building an
approximate computational model. The model is then applied to real data and its
predictions are then validated by additional biological experiments. Ideally
this cycle repeats. The course will begin with the problem of identifying genes
from sequence data using the GENSCAN program. After genes are identified, their
function will be hypothesized using the BLAST program. How genes are regulated
will be answered using programs for finding surprising subsequences. In all of
these studies students will work with real data using programs freely available
on the web. The ideas underlying the algorithms, their limitations, and their
connection to biology will be stressed.
Student Projects with draft abstracts
Homosexuality:
Determined by genetics or social environment by Mansi Shah and Wendy
Kim
Applying Microarray
Technology to predicting Adverse drug reaction in children with acute
lymphoblastic leukemia by Ruwani Ekanayake, Amy Henry, and Brittany
Horth Abstract: Pharmacogenomics, the study of how an individual's
genetic inheritance affects the body's response to drugs, has expanded exponentially
since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Now, thanks to
emerging microarray technology, pharmacogenomics is being applied with
great success to cancer research. Our project will explore the benefits
of microarray technology in pharmacogenomics, specifically as applied to
cancers.
Stem Cells by Micheal
Jenkins, Uchechukwu Nnadi, and Tom Garrett
Predicting SNPs and
Their Effects on Proteins using SIFT and Polyphen by Eve Shih and Kuo
Predicting Leukemia
Classes Based on gene expression data using WEKA by Alex Doo,
Stehpanie Lang . and George Quinonez
Similarity Sequencing
and its use for Generation of Phylogenetic Trees by Ivan Cvitkovic and
Daniel Kaufman Abstract: We plan to explore the concept of similarity sequencing.
Through our research, we will discuss the different algorithms for
similarity sequencing and a basic description of how they work.
Additionally we will discuss the application of similarity sequencing for
the generation of phylogenetic trees. During our project we will generate
two separate phylogenetic trees, based on different proteins.
Pharmacogenomics and
Bioinformatcis of Long QT Syndrome by Daryl Serrano and Carlos
Palacios . Abstract: Long QT syndrome is a genetic disease that affects the
heart. One's heart has electrical activity that is made by a flow of
ions. This causes the heart to beat normally. People with LQTS have a
slower QT interval (heartbeat) than normal. People can acquire LQTS
through prescription/over the counter medications or inherit the disease
from their parents at birth. LQTS can cause many symptoms in a person
that can greatly affect their everyday lives. However, there are
treatments for LQTS that help people live normal lives. Acquired LQTS is
caused by medications that include antihistamines, antidepressants,
mental illness medications, heart medications, etc. LQTS is also
congenital, or caused by a mutation in the gene that forms ion channels.
There are different classifications of LQTS, such as LQT1, LQT2, LQT3,
LQT4, and LQT5. These different forms of LQTS affect different ion
channels in the human heart. When LQTS slows one's heart beat, one is
likely to faint, have a seizure, or die. One will most likely experience
these symptoms when exercising or becomes emotionally excited. Although
LQTS may be fatal, doctors have found treatments that help shorted the QT
interval. and allow patients to live normal lives.
How Breast Cancer
response to chemotherapy by Amanda Farrar and Rosalinda Ruiz Abstract:< Chemotherapy is very important in metastasis Breast
Cancer. Doxorubicin, epirubicin, Paclitaxel, and docetaxle are the most
active chemical drugs used in Breast Cancer treatment. Activating
tumor-suppressor genes are emerging as important targets for therapy.
Researchers test various models to see which combinations of drugs
improve Breast Cancer treatment. By understanding the molecular processes
underlying Breast Cancer, researchers hope to create specific drugs that
will prevent the growth of Breast Cancer. The malfunction of genes allows
cancer to spread to various parts of the bodies. Understanding these
processes will help find a cure for this disease.
Title: What is DEB and
how is it treated by Maritza Navarro and Alexandria Magallan Abstract: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is caused by a
mutation in the collagen, type VII alpha 1 protein, which is found in
chromosome 3. Type VII collagen, is a protein that helps keep your skin
intact. Those who have dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa are usually
diagnosed at birth. Patients with the disease have "butterfly
skin" which is so thin that any minor trauma to the skin causes it
to blister and scar. The disease is a rare genetic disease that can be
both recessive and dominant. If a person has dominant DEB then he or she
has no real cure except for the nurture from those who care for them. But
those who have recessive DEB, may have a chance since there has recently
been 4 cases of skin graphs, or cutaneous pinch grafts, that helps to
heal the wounds of the patients.
Similarity Sequencing
and its use for phylogenetic trees by Ivan Cvitkovic and Daniel Kaufman.
The genetic causes and
physiological effect of sickle cell anemia by Alda Caan and Blanca
Trujillo
How gene therapy may
be applied to the curing genetic diseases by Michael Jenkins and
Uchechukwu (Uli)Nnadi.
Freshman Seminar: Artificial Intelligence: Is it
for Real?
Discussion of
historical and significant papers in Artificial Intelligence dealing with
the creating and evaluation of computational artifacts that do or do not
exhibit intelligence. Students will be encouraged to suggest their own
approaches to the problems. Brainstorming and constructive evaluation
will be encouraged.
Prerequisite: ICS21
with a grade of B.
Readings: Significant papers will be
chosen, corresponding to student interest. If you miss class, then you
can pick up the paper outside my office. Also if you miss class, you are
required to write a one paragraph comment on the reading which you should
send to me via email.
Grading: Grades are
based on class participation and written assignments. Attendance is not
sufficient. Each week you are expected to hand in a one paragraph comment
on the reading.
H22 Honors Introduction to Computer Science II
Introduction to basic
abstract data structures and associated algorithms, including their
implementation, selection, and complexity. Data structures include lists,
stacks, queues, tables, and trees.
Prerequisite: H21 or
consent of instructor
Required Texts:
Data Structures and
Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java by Bruno Priess.
Core Java (2nd ed) by
Horstmann and Cornell
Recommended: Any book
on Java that works for you. Many students like Core Java 2. Java Texts .
Further analysis of
basic and non-basic data structures and associated algorithms. With
respect to representation, covers arrays, lists, trees and graphs. With
respect to algorithms covers recursion, divide-and-conquer, backtracking,
and dynamic programming.
Prerequisite: H22 or
consent of instructor
Required Text: Data
Structures and Problem Solving in Java
Author: Mark Allen
Weiss
Recommended for Swing:
Up to Speed with Swing by Steven Gutz.
Further analysis of
basic and non-basic data structures and associated algorithms. With
respect to representation, covers arrays, lists, trees and graphs. With
respect to algorithms covers recursion, divide-and-conquer, and
separate-and-conquer,
Prerequisite: ICS22 or
consent of instructor
Required Text: Data
Structures and Problem Solving in Java
Author: Mark Allen
Weiss
Suggested for Gui's: Up
to Speed with Swing by Steven Gutz.
The course is divide
into four major topics and we will spend about two weeks on each topic.
The major topics are: Problem Solving via search, Logical reasoning in
propositional and first-order logic, Probabilistic Reasoning and
Learning.
Prerequisites: ICS 52
and and Mathematics 2A-B and 67.
Text: Artificial
Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Authors: Stuart
Russell and Peter Norvig
Grading. There will be
4 quizzes,2 coding assignments, and 3 written homeworks. The quizzes will
each count 15% of your grade. The lowest homework/coding score will be
dropped. Scores on late homework will be reduced by 20% per day.
Homework Details Future homeworks will be
collected in class and returned via the distribution center.
172 Programming Techniques in Artificial
Intelligence (4) W.
The study of the
object-oriented design as applied to AI algorithms and representations.
The goal is to create an in-depth understanding of some of the important
AI approaches by coding various algorithms in an object-oriented
language. On the coding side, we will examine graphical displays,
user-interfaces, and code libraries. On the AI side, we will implement
algorithms for problem-solving, optimization, decision-making, and
learning. There will be three to five coding/design assigments. The code
will be in Java or Python.
Prerequisites: ICS
171, knowledge of object-oriented programming
Texts: Any Java text
you like plus any AI text you like.
Office Hours:
M-W: 9-10 and by appointment. Room 414D CS
First Class:
Monday, April 3
Last Class:
Friday, June 9
Final: Friday,
June 16, 8am -10am
Questions: Do
not hesitate to ask questions in class, in my office hours or by email. Do
hesitate to ask questions on the weekends - that's family time for me.
Untimely questions may not be answered.
Text:
Fundamental Concepts of BioInformatics by Dan Krane and Michael Raymer
Course Mailing List:
TBD
Teaching Assistant:
Daniel Sanchez (valencid@ics.uci.edu)
Teaching Assistant
Office hours: Wed- Fri, 10-11, TA office in the ICS Trailers
Grading: There
will be eight assignments plus one quiz and a final. The lowest score on
a assignment will be dropped. The final will count 20% of your grade, the
quiz 10% and the best seven of your assignment scores will each count
10%. Homeworks can be turned in one day late for 1/2 credit. All
homeworks are due a week after the assignment on Monday by 10 am. If it
is turned in at 10:01, then you can only get at most 1/2 credit.
Homeworks will be deposited using the checkmate program.
Course Goals:
Bioinformatics is the study of biological problems via computational
tools. The goal of the course is to provide students with sufficient
biological knowledge and computational methods that they can use,
understand, and possibly generate algorithms that are appropriate for
available biological data. This course will concentrate on approaches
that deal with the most voluminous and accurate data, namely DNA data, protein
data, and gene-expression data. As part of the course students will use
current tools on existing databases to a) locate genes and determine
their function, b) build phylogenic trees, c) locate regulatory elements
and d) predict protein structure.
Overview of Course:
Problems in Biology and Computational Approaches Week 1: Basic structure of DNA, RNA, genes and proteins. Week 2&3: Methods: Dot Matrices, Local, Global and Multiple
Alignment algorithms.
Problems: Gene identification and gene function Week 4&5. Methods: Tree building: UPGMA, clustering, maximum
likelihood
Problems: Tree of Life: fitting all organism into an evolutionary history Week 6&7: Methods: Pattern discover by search (exhaustive and
heuristic)
Problems: Gene regulation in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Week 8&9: Methods: Dynamic Programming, machine learning
Problems: Determine Secondary and Tertiary structure of RNA and Proteins. Week 10: Methods: Machine Learning
Problem: Determining proteomic disease diagnoses.
Course Workload:
Expect weekly assignments. You will have four assignments where you
implement basic algorithms for a particular biological problem. These
assignments will alternate with using existing, more sophisticated
algorithms for related tasks. In particular you will write algorithms for
finding genes, determining similarity between DNA and protein sequences,
building evolutionary trees, and locating regulatory elements. I will
provide a sketch or design for these algorithms so that they are all
implementable in one afternoon plus, at least for me, another afternoon
for debugging. Only the next homework assignment is guarantee to be
correct - other assignments may change as the class progresses.
Quiz: Multiple
choice and fill in the blank. Monday of the second week of classes. This
will be based on chapter 1 of the text (pages 1-20) plus the lectures.
For computer scientist learning the basic vocabulary of molecular biology
is somewhat difficult. I recommend reading the chapter at least twice,
making note of the important concepts.
First Assignment
to hand in: Due the beginning of the 3rd week of classes. The assignment
has two parts for submission: a coding part and question part. The
assignment is due by 10am on Monday of the third week of classes. In
general assignment are due by 10am on Monday of week after the assignment
is made. Assignments are to be deposited in the appropriate folder using checkmate.
Most of you have already used this software, but just in case: To set up
for electronic submission, go to checkmate.ics.uci.edu, log in with your
UCInet ID, choose "Course Listing" for "Spring 2006,"
click "Go" next to ICS 174, and then click "List me for
this course." For the answers to questions, you will submit a word
file hwkn.doc file. For the coding part, when they occur, submit a single
hwkn.java. To do this you will need collect your java files into a single
file. You may also do the homework in Python. I reserve the right to
change assignments as the course progresses.
CS 175A Projects in
Artificial Intelligence (4) S.
�Meetings: MWF 3:00-3:50 SE2 1304
�Office Hours: MW before and after class and by
appointment.
�Course Mailing List: 36485-F05@classes.uci.edu
�Course Project web site TBD
�Final paper and code due TBD.
�Teaching Assistants: James Worcester
(jworcest@uci.edu) Office hours: TBD
�Poster Presentations (Power-point) with demonstration;
Date to be decided.
�First Class: September 23 Last Class: December 2
�Work Load: Several presentations, interim
documents, design documents, website, power-point presentation, Java code, and
a final paper. The final paper should include at least two references, either
to papers or texts. The final presentation will be done in PowerPoint and
should include a demonstration and evaluation of the program. Each project will
have an associated WebSite
�Grading: All students in a group will assign
credit to one another. The individual grade will be based on the total project
grade (decided by me) distributed as group members decided.
�In this course students will build Java programs
that demonstrate AI techniques. The potential topics include Expert Systems,
Natural Language Processing, Problem Solving, Search, Game Playing, Learning,
Reasoning, Perception, etc. A more specific but still incomplete list of
potential projects is listed under AI projects. One common approach would be to
implement some AI method and apply it to some domain. The AI text by Russell
and Norvig provides many examples of possible projects.
Each student will be involved in one project done
in a group of three people. In the project each object will be identified with
its author. All students are responsible for some of the code. The programs
generated will be made public so that all can view, use, and evaluate. Students
will be responsible for maintaining their programs. There will be an emphasis
on design so every project will go through a design review in which the entire
class participates. Each group will be responsible for several presentations:
the basic goal, the history on the problem, the design, and the final
demonstration with evaluation. Each group is also responsible for a report that
corresponds to each presentation.
Graduate orientation program and colloquium series.
Includes talks by ICS faculty in all areas about their current research.
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Only. Formerly ICS 295.
209Seminar in Bioinformatics(2)
Graduate seminar in which recent papers and
research are discussed and analyzed. Papers will concentrate on analysis of
genomic and gene expression data. Supporting papers on biology, machine
learning, and statistics may also be included. It is likely that each enrolled
person will present two papers. The first presentation will be informal and
will likely include necessary background material. The second presentation will
be a formal one, done either via PowerPoint or overheads. During the second
presentation background material can be assumed.
�Introduction to basic AI representations and
algorithms, problem solving, planning, logical and probabilistic reasoning,
natural language processing and learning.
�Text: Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig 2nd Edition. I suggest ordering this
from Amazon.
�Office hours: 11-12 tues/thurs and by
appointment.
�First class: Sept 30 2003. Last
class: Dec. 4 2003.
�Grading: Three coding assignments and a final:
all weighted equally.
�Final: Thursday Dec 11 8am-10am
�Click here for
lectures and assignments.
CS273: Machine Learning (4).
�Computational approaches to learning,
concentrating on classification and regression. Covers standard learning
representations (rules, decision trees, instances, linear threshold units,
neural nets, etc), their representation, limitations, and evaluation.
�Prerequisite: ICS 270A. Formerly ICS 275.
�Required Text: Introduction to Data Mining
�Authors: Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach, Vipin
Kumar
�Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN 0-321-32136-7
�Recommended Text: Data Mining: Practical Machine
Learning Tools and Techniques with Java Implementations. 2nd Edition.
�Authors: Ian H. Witten and Eibe Frank.
Publisher: Morgan Kaufman
�Recommended Text: Machine Learning by Tom
Mitchell. Publisher: McGraw-Hill
�First Class: Jan 10. Last class: Thursday March
16
�Final: Thursday March 23 8am - 10am
�Lectures: tues-thurs 9:30-10:50
�Room: CS-213
�Office Hours: tuesday/thursday after class and
by appointment.
277A Representations and
Algorithms for Molecular Biology(4)
oThe primary goal of this class is to introduce
molecular biologists to computer science and computer scientist to molecular
biology. It is not expected that biologist will become programmers, but they
will learn what might be accomplished with computational analysis. Nor is it
expected that computer scientists will conduct biological experiments, but they
will learn enough biology to understand the important problems in biology that
are addressable by computational means.
�Required Text: Bioinformatics: Sequence and
Genome Analysis by David W. Mount 2nd Edition
�Recommended Text: Introduction toComputation
Molecular Biology by Sebutal and Meidanis
�Recommended (undergraduate text): Fundamental
Concepts of Bioinformatics by Krane and Kramer
�First Class: Thursday Jan 8, 2006. Last class:
Thursday March 16
�Final: Thurs Dec 12, 1:30-3:30pm
�Meetings: Tuesday/Thursday 9:30- 10:50 CS253
�Course Work: Weekly readings from the text and
papers, a few homeworks, and a final project.
�Course Mailing List: 36774-F05@classes.uci.edu
�Project: A joint project and presentation
teaming a biologist with a computer scientist.
This is an advanced course that concentrates on recent computational methods
that aid in the functional analysis of genomes. Papers will be drawn primarily
from Bioinformatics, Proceedings of the Conference on Intelligent Systems for
Molecular Biology, Journal of Molecular Biology, Proceedings of the National
Academy of Science, Science, and the Journal of Computational Biology. The
course will focus on algorithms that find patterns in DNA, particularly those
that relate to gene regulation, such as finding regulatory elements, finding
promoters, and clustering gene expression data. There is no text. We will all
be reading, discussing, and presenting papers as well as any
research-in-progress.
Java Demos:
oTraveling Salesman. Not available now.
This
Java (JDK1.0) program illustrates the use of hill-climbing to solve the
traveling saleman program. The program is simple so that the general ideas can
be understood. Many valuable extensions are possible. The program only uses one
operator, that of uncrossing edges that intersect. Additional operators are
useful. The general problem of defining useful operators for hill-climbing is
unsolved. Simulated annealing, multiple restarts, better initialization would
all be useful. If your browser executes JDK1.1, then you might prefer the
following similar demo: Not available now.
oDynamic Programming. Dynamic
Programming
This program illustrate the use of dynamic programming to find the minimum edit
distance between two strings. This distance depends on the cost one associates
with various edit operations. It can be used for spell checking but major
applications are in comparing amino acid and nucleotide sequences. If you look
at the source,the main action is in the routine doSimMatch. This was one of my
first Java programs, so the program can be greatly improved.
oKmean clustering. Not available now.
You'll
see that is doesn't always work. Requires JDK1.1.
oValdimir Vapnik's applet on Support Vector
Machines . This is a beautiful applet that displays the probability
density function associated with the generated decision surface.
oN Queens
Problem. Not available now. N Queens
problem is solved by local improvement or repair search. This same method is
most applied to scheduling problems, where it can generate anytime and
approximate solutions. Coded in ics175 by Son Tran.
Publications
2006
In silico prediction and functional validation of
sigma-28-regulated genes in Chlamydia and E. coli. Yu, H.H.Y., Ming Tan, and
Dennis Kibler. Journal of Bacteriology. Online at JB01082-06
2005
Using Hexamers to Predict Cis-Regulatory Modules in
Drosophila. Bob Chan and Dennis Kibler, BMC Bioinformatics.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/262 6: 262, October 2005.
Bay, S. D., Kibler, D., Pazzani, M. J., and Smyth, P. (2001). The UCI KDD
Archive of Large Data Sets for Data Mining Research and Experimentation. In
Information Processing Society of Japan Magazine. Volume 42, Number
5, pages 462-466. English language version reprinted in SIGKDD Explorations.
Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 81-85, 2000.
1991
``Instance-Based Learning Algorithms'', with David Aha and Marc Albert, Machine
Learning, 37--66, 1991.
``SteppingStone: An Empirical and Analytic Evaluation'', with David Ruby,
Proceedings of the Ninth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
527--531, Morgan Kaufmann, 1991.
1990
``Machine Learning as an Experimental Science'', with Pat Langley. Readings in Machine
Learning, Dietterich, T., and Shavlik, J. (eds.), 38--43, Morgan Kaufmann,
1990.
1989
``Instance-Based Prediction of Real-Valued Attributes'', with David Aha and
Marc Albert, Computational Intelligence: an International Journal, Vol 6, 3,
51--57, 1989.
``Exploring the Episodic Structure of Algebra Story Problem Solving'', with
Rogers Hall, Etienne Wenger, and Chris Truxaw, Cognition and Instruction, 1989.
1986
``Experimental Goal Regression A Method for Learning Problem Solving
Heuristics'', with Bruce Porter, Machine Learning 3, 245--289, 1986.
1985
``Differing Methodological Perspectives in Artificial Intelligence Research'',
with Rogers P. Hall, Artificial Intelligence Magazine, Volume 6, Number 3, pp.
166-178, August 1985.
Professional Activities:
Reviewer for Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, KDD, IEEE
Teaching and learning are mirror
images. This calligraphy appears in Inversions,
a book by Scott Kim.
Students accepted to CMU would wear
this badge when visiting the campus; I
sometimes wore it too, because I admit
I'm still a student, learning new things.
I have put my collection of
Quotations for Learning and Programing
on the web.
I hope to continue expanding (and correcting) it.
I always welcome feedback (e.g., corrections, misattributions, other
quotations).
I'll be in class (lecture/yellow) and/or will hold office hours (gray) most
days.
I have online office hours using AIM
every weekday evening on a day before class meets (MTuWTh).
Please note that my office hours are open.
There is no need to schedule an appointment ahead of time.
Just drop by.
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I will send email that day if I cannot attend these office hours.
Interesting Snippets
While developing a manuscript for a textbook on the Ada programming language
in the late 1980s, I wrote a chapter on
EBNF
and began teaching it on the "first" day of my CS-1 class: primarily as a
microcosm of programming, but also as a practical tool for later describing
the syntax of Ada.
These 21 pages (less than 1/4 the size of the original Karel book) discuss
the sequence, choice, option, repetition, and recursion control structures
(along with "procedural" abstracton via named EBNF rules).
They explore various methods of proving that tokens satisfy descriptions,
that descriptions are equivalent (and how to simplify them), and the
difference between syntax and semantics.
I have continued to use this approach until this day in my CS-1 classes.
In fact, I have rewritten this EBNF chapter for
an introduction to Python course I am teaching.
A short opinion piece on
Plagiarism from the NY Times.
A new cure for
Short Bowel Syndrome
(Brainstorm to Breakthrough: A Surgical Procedure is Born).
My Favorite Graph:
I show this
graph (and its associated article)
in class after discussing general graph theory terminology
(up to connected components).
It is scary and compelling at the same time.
Doubts are such tiny things.
A mind with no room for doubts
must have no room for thoughts either. -R. Pattis
The following dialog is from the transcript of "Between Time and Timbuktu"
(a synthesis of the writings of Kurt Vonnegut).
For more on Bokononism, from which this passage is inspired, see
The Books of Bokonon (from the novel "Cat's Cradle").
Narrator:
In the beginning, G-d created the Earth, and he said, "Let there be
mud."
And there was mud.
And G-d said, "Let Us make living creatures out of mud, so the mud
can see what We have done."
And G-d created every living creature that now moveth, and one was
man.
Mud-as-man alone could speak.
"What is the purpose of all this?" man asked politely.
"Everything must have a purpose?" asked G-d.
"Certainly," said man.
Then I leave it up to you to think of one for all of this,"
said G-d.
And he went away.
Stony Stevenson:
I feel very unimportant compared to you [G-d].
Voice of Bokonon:
The only way you can feel the least bit important
is to think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and look
around.
Stony Stevenson:
I got so much, and most mud got so little.
A textbook
for undergraduate-level college courses
Education Abroad Program (EAP):
I
am the ICS liaison for the EAP, which offers UC students the opportunity
to spend some time at a foreign university or college. For more
information, visit the Center
for International Education home page.
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Publication
Books
B3. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Programming Embedded Systems – An Introduction to Time-Oriented Programming. UniWorld Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-9829626-4-0, August 2012.
B2. A. Nacul, M. Lajolo, T. Givargis. Interface-Centric Abstraction level for Rapid Hardware/Software Integration, Book Chapter in Applications of Specification And Design Languages for SOCs. Springer, ISBN: 1-4020-4997-8, July 2006.
B1. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Embedded System Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction. John Wiley and Sons, ISBN: 0471386782, October 2001.
Patents
P11. T. Givargis, R. Sadri. Methods for Optimizing Data Movement in Solid State Devices. United States Patent, 8,612,719, December 2013.
P10. T. Givargis. Systems and Methods for Managing Key-Value Stores. United States Patent, 8,612,402, December 2013.
P9. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Phantom Serializing Compiler and Method of Operation of Same. United States Patent, 7,886,283, February 2011.
P8. J. Addink, S. Addink, T. Givargis. Methods and apparatus for using water use signatures and water pressure in improving water use efficiency. United States Patent 7,330,796, February 2008.
P7. J. Addink, S. Addink, T. Givargis. Methods and Apparatus for Using Water use Signatures in Improving Water use Efficiency. United States Patent 6,963,808, November 2005.
P6. J. Addink, T. Givargis. Interactive Irrigation System. United States Patent 6,950,728, September 2005.
P5. J. Addink, K. Buhler, T. Givargis. Modifying Irrigation Schedules of Existing Irrigation Controllers. United States Patent 6,892,114, May 2005.
P4. J. Henkel, T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Method for Core-Based System-Level Power Modeling using Object-Oriented Techniques. United States Patent 6,865,526, March 2005.
P3. K. Buhler, T. Givargis. Two Tire Irrigation Valve Controller. United States Patent 6,812,826, November 2004.
P2. J. Addink, T. Givargis. Detecting Weather Sensor Malfunctions. United States Patent 6,714,134, March 2004.
P1. J. Addink, K. Buhler, T. Givargis. Irrigation Accumulation Controller. United States Patent 6,298,285, October 2001.
Peer-Reviewed/Archived Journal
J27. T. Springer, S. Peter and T. Givargis. Fuzzy Logic Based Adaptive Hierarchical Scheduling for Periodic Real-Time Tasks. ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems (SIGBED) Review, to appear.
J26. S. Peter, T. Givargis. Component-Based Synthesis of Embedded Systems using Satisfiability Modulo Theories. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 49:1-49:27, September 2015. pdf
J25. T. Springer, S. Peter and T. Givargis. Adaptive Resource Synchronization In Hierarchical Real-Time Systems. ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Systems (SIGBED) Review, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 37-42, December 2014. pdf
J24. V. Gunes, S. Peter, T. Givargis, F. Vahid. A Survey on Concepts, Applications, and Challenges in Cyber-Physical Systems. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS), vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 4242-4268, December 2014. pdf
J23. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis, P. Brisk. Graph-Based Approaches to Placement of Processing Element Networks on FPGAs for Physical Model Simulation. ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS), vol. 7, no. 4, article 10, December 2014. pdf
J22. C. Huang, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Automatic synthesis of physical system differential equation models to a custom network of general processing elements on FPGAs. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), vol 13, no. 2, article 23, September 2013. pdf
J21. C. Huang, B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Synthesis of Networks of Custom Processing Elements for Real-Time Physical System Emulation. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 22-42, March 2013. pdf
J20. C. Huang, F. Vahid, and T. Givargis. A Custom FPGA Processor for Physical Model Ordinary Differential Equation Solving. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 113-116, September 2011. pdf
J19. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis. Deterministic Service Guarantees for NAND Flash using Partial Block Cleaning. Academy Publisher Journal of Software (JSW), vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 728-737, September 2009. pdf
J18. M. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau. Optimizing Control Flow in Loops using Interval and Dependence Analysis. Springer Journal on Design Automation of Embedded Systems (DAES), vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 193-221, September 2009. pdf
J17. S. Sirowy, D. Sheldon, T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Virtual Microcontrollers. ACM SIGBED Review, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2009. pdf
J16. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Synthesis of Time-Constrained Multitasking Embedded Software. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 822-847, October 2006. pdf
J15. M. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau. Expression Equivalence Checking using Interval Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 830-842, August 2006. pdf
J14. C. Lopes, A. Haghighat, A. Mandal, T. Givargis, P. Baldi. Localization of Off-the-Shelf Mobile Devices Using Audible Sound: Architectures, Protocols and Performance Assessment. ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review (MC2R), vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 38-50, April 2006. pdf
J13. T. Givargis. Zero Cost Indexing for Improved Processor Cache Performance. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 3-25, January 2006. Received the 2006 TODAES Best Paper Award. pdf
J12. T. Givargis, David Eppstein. Memory Reference Caching for Activity Reduction on Address Buses. Elsevier Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems (MICPRO), vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 145-153, May 2005. pdf
J11. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. Cache Optimization for Embedded Processor Cores: An Analytical Approach. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 419-440, October 2004. pdf
J10. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Adaptive Cache Management for Low Power Embedded Systems. Korea Multimedia Society, Key Technology of Next Generation IT, ISSN 1229-778X, pp. 30-39, December 2003. pdf
J9. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel. Instruction-Based System-Level Power Evaluation of System-on-a-Chip Peripheral Cores. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 856-863, December 2002. pdf
J8. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel. System-Level Exploration for Pareto-Optimal Configurations in Parameterized System-on-a-Chip. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 416-422, December 2002. pdf
J7. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Platune: A Tuning Framework for System-on-a-Chip Platforms. IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design (TCAD), vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1317-1327, November 2002. pdf
J6. F. Vahid, T. Givargis, S. Cotterell. Power Estimator Development for Embedded System Memory Tuning. Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC), vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 459-476, October 2002. pdf
J5.. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Tuning of Cache Ways and Voltage for Low-Energy Embedded System Platforms. Springer Journal on Design Automation of Embedded Systems, vol. 7, issue 1-2, pp. 35-51, September 2002. pdf
J4. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel. Evaluating Power Consumption of Parameterized Cache and Bus Architectures in System-on-a-Chip Designs. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 500-508, August 2001. pdf
J3. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Platform Tuning for Embedded Systems Design. IEEE Computer, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 112-114, March 2001. pdf
J2. J. Farrell, T. Givargis, M. Barth. Real-Time Differential Carrier Phase GPS-Aided INS. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 709-721, July 2000. pdf
J1. J. Farrell, T. Givargis. Differential GPS Reference Station Algorithm – Design and Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (TCST), vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 519-531, May 2000. pdf
Peer-Reviewed/Archived Conference
C61. S. Peter, F. Momtaz, T. Givargis. From the Browser to the Remote Physical Lab: Programming Cyber-Physical Systems. IEEE Frontiers in Education (FIE), pp. 1-7, El Paso, October 2015. pdf
C60. V. Gunes, S. Peter, T. Givargis. Improving Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort of Smart Buildings with HVAC Systems in the Presence of Sensor Faults. IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), pp. 945-950, New York, August 2015. pdf
C59. V. Gunes and T. Givargis. XGRID: A Scalable Many-Core Embedded Processor. IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems (ICESS), pp. 1143-1146, New York, August 2015. pdf
C58. H. Buini, S. Peter, T. Givargis. Including Variability of Physical Models into the Design Automation of Cyber-Physical Systems. Design Automation Conference (DAC), pp. 153:1-153:6, San Francisco, June 2015. pdf
C57. T. Springer, S. Peter, T. Givargis. Resource Synchronization in Hierarchically Scheduled Real-Time Systems using Preemptive Critical Sections. IEEE International Symposium on Object/Component-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing (ISORC), pp. 293-300, Reno, June 2014. pdf
C56. V. Gunes, S. Peter, T. Givargis. Modeling and Mitigation of Faults in Cyber-Physical Systems with Binary Sensors. IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), pp. 515-522, Sydney, December 2013. pdf
C55. S. Peter, T. Givargis. Utilizing Intervals in Component-Based Design of Cyber Physical Systems. IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), pp. 635-642, Sydney, December 2013. pdf
C54. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Exploration with Upgradeable Models Using Statistical Methods for Physical Model Emulation. Design Automatic Conference (DAC), pp. 1-6, Austin, June 2013. pdf
C53. S. Peter, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. A Ball Goes to School – Our Experiences from a CPS Design Experiment. Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems Education (CPS-Ed) at Cyber Physical Systems Week (CPSWeek), pp. 1-4, Philadelphia, April 2013. pdf
C52. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Embedding-Based Placement of Processing Element Networks on FPGAs for Physical Model Simulation. International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), pp. 181-190, Monterey, February 2013. pdf
C51. T. Chou, C. Huang, B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. An Efficient Compression Scheme for Checkpointing of FPGA-Based Digital Mockups. IEEE/ACM Asian and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 632-637, Yokohama, January 2013. pdf
C50. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. RIOS: A Lightweight Task Scheduler for Embedded Systems. Workshop on Embedded Systems Education (WESE), pp. 1-7, Tampere, October 2012. pdf
C49. C. Huang, B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Synthesis of Custom Networks of Heterogeneous Processing Elements for Complex Physical System Emulation. International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 215-224, Tampere, October 2012. pdf
C48. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. MEDS: Mockup Electronic Data Sheets for Automated Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems Using Digital Mockups. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 1417-1420, Grenoble, March 2012. pdf
C47. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Digital Mockups for the Testing of a Medical Ventilator. ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium (IHI), pp. 859-862, Miami, January 2012. pdf
C46. B. Miller, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Application-Specific Codesign Platform Generation for Digital Mockups in Cyber-Physical Systems. Electronic System Level Synthesis Conference (ESLsyn), pp. 1-6, San Diego, June 2011. pdf
C45. M. Ghodrat, T. Givargis. Efficient Dynamic Voltage/Frequency Scaling through Algorithmic Loop Transformation. International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 203-209, Grenoble, October 2009. pdf
C44. S. Sirowy, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Digitally-Bypassed Transducers: Interfacing Digital Mockups to Real-Time Medical Equipment. International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), pp. 919-922, Minneapolis, September 2009. pdf
C43. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. Source Routing made Practical in Embedded Networks. International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 1-6, San Francisco, August 2009. pdf
C42. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. QoS Routing in Wired Sensor Networks with Partial Updates. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASED), pp. 389-393, Oslo, July 2009. pdf
C41. S. Mylavarapu, S. Choudhuri, A. Shrivastava, J. Lee, T. Givargis. FSAF: File System Aware Flash Translation Layer for NAND Flash Memories. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 339-344, Dresden, April 2009. pdf
C40. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis. FlashBox: A System for Logging Non-Deterministic Events in Deployed Embedded Systems. International ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), pp. 1676-1682, Honolulu, March 2009. pdf
C39. M. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau. Control Flow Optimization in Loops using Interval Analysis. International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), pp. 157-166, Atlanta, October 2008. 2008 CASES Best Paper Award. pdf
C38. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Timing is Everything – Embedded Systems Demand Teaching of Structured Time-Oriented Programming. Workshop on Embedded Systems Education (WESE), Atlanta, October 2008. pdf
C37. S. Sirowy, D. Sheldon, T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Virtual Microcontrollers. Workshop on Embedded Systems Education (WESE), Atlanta, October 2008. pdf
C36. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Highly-Cited Ideas in System Codesign and Synthesis. International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 191-196, Atlanta, October 2008. pdf
C35. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis. Deterministic Service Guarantees for NAND Flash using Partial Block Cleaning. International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 19-24, Atlanta, October 2008. pdf
C34. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis. Real-Time Access Guarantees for NAND Flash using Partial Block Cleaning. IEEE Workshop on Software Technologies for Future Embedded & Ubiquitous Systems (SEUS), pp. 138-149, Italy, September 2008. pdf
C33. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. A Software Architecture for Accessing Data in Sensor Networks. International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems (INSS), pp. 67-70, Japan, June 2008. pdf
C32. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis. Performance Improvement of Block Based NAND Flash Translation Layer. International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS), pp. 257-262, Salzburg, September 2007. pdf
C31. M. Ghodrat, T. Givargis. A. Nicolau. Short-Circuit Compiler Transformation: Optimizing Conditional Blocks. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 504-510, Tokyo, January 2007. pdf
C30. S. Choudhuri, T. Givargis. System Architecture for Software Peripherals. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), pp. 56-61, Tokyo, January 2007. pdf
C29. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Phantom: A Serializing Compiler for Multitasking Embedded Software. American Control Conference (ACC), Minneapolis, pp. 1918-1923, Minneapolis, June 2006. 2006 ACC Best Paper Award. pdf
C28. M. Ghodrat, T. Givargis, A. Nicolau. Equivalence Checking of Arithmetic Expressions using Fast Evaluation. International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), pp. 147-156, San Francisco, September 2005. pdf
C27. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Lightweight Multitasking Support for Embedded Systems using the Phantom Serializing Compiler. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 740-747, Munich, March 2005. pdf
C26. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. LORD: A Localized, Reactive and Distributed Protocol for Node Scheduling in Wireless Sensor Networks. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 190-195, Munich, March 2005. pdf
C25. A. Mandal, C. Lopes, T. Givargis, A. Haghighat, R. Jurdak, P. Baldi. Beep: 3D Indoor Positioning Using Audible Sound. IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC), pp. 348-353, Las Vegas, January 2005. pdf
C24. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Code Partitioning for Synthesis of Embedded Applications with Phantom. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 190-196, San Jose, November 2004. pdf
C23. A. Nacul, T. Givargis. Dynamic Voltage and Cache Reconfiguration for Low Power. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 1376-1377, Paris, February 2004. pdf
C22. M. Buss, T. Givargis, N. Dutt. Exploring Efficient Operating Points for Voltage Scaled Embedded Processor Cores. Real-Time Systems Symposium (RTSS), pp. 275-281, Cancun, December 2003. pdf
C21. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. Cache Optimization for Embedded Processor Cores: An Analytical Approach. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), pp. 342-347, San Jose, November 2003. pdf
C20. T. Givargis. Improved Indexing for Cache Miss Reduction in Embedded Systems. Design Automation Conference (DAC), pp. 872-880, Anaheim, June 2003. pdf
C19. A. Ghosh, T. Givargis. Analytical Design Space Exploration of Caches for Embedded Systems. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), pp. 650-655, Munich, March 2003. pdf
C18. T. Givargis, D. Eppstein. Reference Caching Using Unit Distance Redundant Codes for Activity Reduction on Address Buses. International Workshop on Embedded System Hardware/Software Codesign (ESCODES), San Jose, September 2002. pdf
C17. M. Palesi, T. Givargis. Multi-Objective Design Space Exploration Using Genetic Algorithms. International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES), Estes Park, May 2002. pdf
C16. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel. System-Level Exploration for Pareto-Optimal Configurations in Parameterized Systems-on-a-Chip. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, November 2001. pdf
C15. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. J. Henkel. Trace-Driven System-Level Power Evaluation of System-on-a-Chip Peripheral Cores. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, January 2001. pdf
C14. G. Stitt, F. Vahid, T. Givargis, R. Lysecky. A First-Step Towards an Architecture Tuning Methodology. International Conference on Compilers, Architecture, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems (CASES), San Jose, November 2000. pdf
C13. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel. Instruction-Based System-Level Power Evaluation of System-on-a-ChipPeripheral Cores. International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Madrid, September 2000. pdf
C12. R. Lysecky, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Experiments with the Peripheral Virtual Component Interface. International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Madrid, September 2000. pdf
C11. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Parameterized System Design. International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES), San Diego, May 2000. pdf
C10. T. Givargis, F. Vahid, J. Henkel. Fast Cache and Bus Power Estimation for Parameterized System-on-a-Chip Design. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Paris, March 2000. pdf
C9. R. Lysecky, F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Techniques for Reducing Read Latency of Core Bus Wrappers. Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Paris, March 2000. 2000 DATE Best Paper Award. pdf
C8. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. J. Henkel. A Hybrid Approach for Core-Based System-Level Power Modeling. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, January 2000. pdf
C7. T. Givargis, J. Henkel, F. Vahid. Interface and Cache Power Exploration for Core-Based Embedded System Design. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, November 1999. pdf
C6. R. Lysecky, F. Vahid, T. Givargis, R. Patel. Pre-Fetching for Improved Core Interfacing. International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), San Jose, November 1999. pdf
C5. J. Farrell, T. Givargis. Experimental Differential GPS Reference Station Evaluation. American Control Conference (ACC), San Diego, June 1999. pdf
C4. J. Farrell, T. Givargis. M. Barth. Differential Carrier Phase GPS-Aided INS for Automotive Applications. American Control Conference (ACC), San Diego, June 1999. pdf
C3. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. The Case for a Configure-and-Execute Paradigm. International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES), Rome, May 1999. pdf
C2. F. Vahid, T. Givargis. Incorporating Cores into System-Level Specification. International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Hsinchu, December 1998. pdf
C1. T. Givargis, F. Vahid. Interface Exploration for Reduced Power in Core-Based Systems. International Symposium on System Synthesis (ISSS), Hsinchu, December 1998. pdf
Workshop
W2. A. Nacul, M. Lajolo, T. Givargis. Interface-Centric Abstraction Level for Rapid Hardware/Software Integration. Forum on Specification and Design Languages (FDL), Lausanne, September 2005. pdf
W1. A. Haghighat, C. Lopes, T. Givargis, and A. Mandal. Location-Aware Web System. Workshop on Building Software for Pervasive Computing at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA) Conference, Vancouver, October 2004. pdf
Miscellaneous
M1. U. Brinkschulte, M. Cinque, T. Givargis, S. Russo. Guest Editorial. Journal of Software, vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 631-633, September 2009.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dechter/
Dr. Rina Dechter @ UCI :: Home
Research in my group: Automated reasoning in Artificial Intelligence
My research is in the field of Automated Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence and focused on Graphical Models. Graph based models (e.g., Bayesian and constraint networks, influence diagrams and Markov decision processes) have become a central paradigm for knowledge representation and reasoning in both Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science in general. These models are used to accomplish many science and engineering tasks, such as scheduling, planning and learning, diagnosis and prediction, design, hardware and software verification and bioinformatics. These reasoning problems can be stated as the formal tasks of constraint satisfaction and satisfiability, combinatorial optimization and probabilistic inference. It is well known that these tasks are computationally hard, but research during the past three decades has yielded a variety of principles and techniques for significantly advancing the state of the art. Our approach is to devise methods through the understanding and exploitation of tractable reasoning tasks and use those islands of tractability in the design of general anytime algorithms. As their name implies, anytime methods provide a solution anytime during the processing, with the added provision that the quality of the solution improves if more time is available.
To summarize, my research interests are in the areas of Automated Reasoning, Knowledge-Representation, Planning and Learning.
I recently turned in my dissertation manuscript to the UCI library.
Here, I make available the following dissertation chapters:
Abstract
Introduction
Conclusion
Your feedback on form and content of these chapters is welcome!
Course Information
I teach two courses for
UCI Extension,
one on object-oriented analysis and design,
the other on Windows NT/95 Programming using Visual C++ and MFC.
Textbooks and syllabus for my Object-Oriented Analysis and Design course
are likely to change soon, in anticipation of new books on the
latest offering of OO methodologies, including
The OPEN Consortium's OML
and
Rational's UML.
For Tysh, I enclose HTML versions of weeks 1 and 3 of my OOAD course,
Week 1,
and
Week3.
Research Projects
I develop a hypertext browser, called
IVAN,
that affords better traceability of software systems by explicit
modeling of software uncertainties.
This work is done as part of the
Arcadia
research project at
UC Irvine.
I know a few things about software engineering, software testing,
process modeling, and object-oriented analysis and design.
I am also interested in Bayesian networks and uncertainty modeling,
particularly as they apply to software development.
Object-Oriented Techniques
I am familiar with leading methods for OO analysis and design,
including the latest work on the Unified
Modeling Language (UML) and the OPEN/MOSES effort.
I am in fact a member of the
OPEN Consortium.
A good source of information on OO CASE Tools on the Web
can be found
Here.
In addition,
a collection of more than 2000 links about object-orientation
is available at these U.S. mirror sites:
Chicago, Illinois
and
Provo, Utah.
Besides the aforementioned professional interests, I like to
play soccer and tennis, hike, jog, swim, and play rollerhockey.
My favorite rollerhockey arena is the
Irvine Hockey Club.
My favorite sport, however, is soccer.
A good place to look for the latest soccer information is the
ESPN Sports Zone Soccer
web page.
For additional sports links, check with my friend
Neno.
To learn more about me, take a look at my
Resume.
Here at the Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, I am delighted to serve as Professor and Director of our Values in Design Laboratory. Prior to finding a place in the sun, I was Professor of Cyberscholarship at the iSchool, University of Pittsburgh, and before that Executive Director and the Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor at the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Santa Clara University (CA).
I research on the use of web and other digital resources across a set of disciplines. I work with scholars to uncover ways in which new forms of knowledge are being (or could be) generated by creative use of these digital resources. For example: how did a complete database of classical Greek literature transform work in the classics; or how could intensive, long term monitoring of ecosystems feed into a new policy framework for sustainability?
The Values in Design Laboratory has a mission to train researchers in the broad range of disciplines necessary (including Informatics, Computer Science, Design and Science and Technology Studies) to produce new forms of information systems and technology which express/perform strong social and ethical values.
I earned my PhD at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in History and Philosophy of Science and followed up with an extended post doctoral position at the Ecole des Mines in Paris.
My book on information
management and industrial geophysics at Schlumberger, Science
on the Run, is to be found in quality bookshops in airports
everywhere; my book with Susan Leigh Star, Sorting Things Out: Classification and its
Consequences was published by MIT Press in October,
1999 and is available at your neighbourhood online bookseller. A
paperback version came out in September 2000. I am working right now
(even as you are reading this) on distributed scientific work, with an emphasis on social and organizational features of emerging scientific cyberinfrastructures. My most recent publication, All Knowledge Is Local, was recently published in Learning Communities: An International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts in 2010. I am on the editorial board of The Information Society, Information and Organization, Metascience and Social Studies of Science.
And here is my cat, or at least one of them - and that was then, you should see her now... .
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/
Crista Lopes Home Page at UCI
Check out
my blog for the latest news and activities.
I joined ICS in
the Fall of 2002. Prior to being in ICS, I was a Research Scientist at
the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
While at PARC, I am most known as a founder of the group that
developed Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) and started
aspectj.org. My interests have expanded considerably since then. To
find out about my current projects and students, follow the links on
the left or visit the mondego
pages.
I joined the CS department at UC Irvine in July 2015.
I received my M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the ECE department at Rice
University, and my B.Sc. from Sharif University of Technology.
My research involves building efficient, high performance, and reliable systems.
I enjoy solving operating system problems related to both mobile devices and datacenter servers.
Prospective Students
I'm looking for motivated graduate and undergraduate students who enjoy building systems. If you're interested, send me an email or drop by my office.
Selected Publications
Ardalan Amiri Sani, Kevin Boos, Min Hong Yun, Lin Zhong,
"Rio: A System Solution for Sharing I/O between Mobile
Systems," in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Mobile Systems,
Applications and Services (MobiSys), June 2014.
Best Paper Award.
(PDF)
(video demo)
(source code)
Ardalan Amiri Sani, Kevin Boos, Shaopu Qin, Lin Zhong,
"I/O Paravirtualization at the Device File Boundary," in Proc. ACM Int. Conf.
Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating
Systems (ASPLOS), March 2014.
(PDF)
(source code)
Ardalan Amiri Sani, Lin Zhong, Ashutosh Sabharwal,
"Directional Antenna Diversity for Mobile Devices: Characterizations
and Solutions," in Proc. ACM Int. Conf. Mobile Computing
and Networking (MobiCom), September 2010.
(PDF)
(data traces)
Every day, our faculty and students make important research contributions that bring real and positive change to people worldwide.
Below are examples of the life-changing work conducted at the Bren School of ICS.
The project investigates adaptive strategies to deal with dynamic application environments for distributed, networked embedded systems, covering diverse applications such as the Internet-of-Things low-power mobile systems.
All of the data collected about us is used to make decisions about what sort of products and financial offers we receive. How does this manifest in our self-image, and what are the historical and legal implications?
This online diagnostic survey looks at how to improve collaborations on projects where workers are spread out geographically. The survey probes factors that may strengthen or weaken the collaboration and provides reports that help build productive collaborations.
When software fails it must be "debugged," a largely manual process that determines why the program failed. This project is creating tools and visualizations that give an automated diagnosis to help software developers create effective and efficient software.
In collaboration with UCI biologists, researchers will use their pioneering GRN mathematical models along with machine learning-based inference methods to computationally understand the gene-regulation network that determines early endoderm patterning in vertebrates.
Researchers are developing new statistical machine learning algorithms that can automatically extract useful information from both large bodies of and large social network data sets.
This project seeks to exploit useful overlap between formally defined scientific modeling languages researchers have developed for computational biology, including machine-learning techniques for model reduction.
In collaboration with neuroscientists, this project develops modeling and simulation frameworks for exploring large spiking neural networks, with a specific focus on visually guided motion perception, learning, tracking and autonomous navigation.
Modern technology has helped create workplaces filled with interruptions, influencing work flow and productivity. This project studies information workers to figure out ways of mitigating the impact of constant interruptions.
Researchers are developing new statistical methods to flexibly estimate the association between spatially and/or temporally correlated environmental exposures and the risk of clinical outcomes in humans.
This scalable data collection, querying and analysis technology allows for the creation of situational awareness applications from across diverse, multimodal sensors and data sources.
This project explores the idea of using "program similarity" to find better heuristics that require a lot less time and effort to find a solution. Program similarity can be defined in a number of ways and part of this research is seeking to find intrinsic program characteristics that can be used for this purpose.
There is growing awareness that living within the Earth's means is crucial to humanity. This sustainability has been focused on engineering advances to reduce waste and energy use. But information and computing technology could also play a key role. This project seeks to understand the potential of information technology in helping people make smarter decisions and ways in which to make IT software more sustainable.
Under the context of decision making, this project seeks to develop novel statistical approaches for identifying brain connectivity features from high dimensional multimodal imaging spatio-temporal data that can predict human behavior.
For many people living with autism spectrum disorder, remembering detailed schedules can be a challenge. A well planned day can be disrupted by a late bus or cancelled work. ActivityCoach, a mobile application, provides support that adapts to changing schedules.
Parts of the UCI campus are equipped with a variety of experimental sensing, networking, storage and computing technologies to convert the campus into a "living laboratory." Data from I-Sensorium infrastructure is driving experimental research on pervasive systems, mobile computing, situation awareness, big data management, data streams, multimodal event detection and privacy.
Teams that are productive tend to have a great amount of trust among the team members. In virtual teams, trust is difficult to establish. This project explores how trust is formed among team members, and it's creating tools to help teams that are spread out geographically develop trust.
This project seeks to understand the personal and cultural values we design into our technologies, and how these technologies allow us to express our values. For example, how do we balance values of efficiency and security with a need for friendliness and fun when we design a new electronic marketplace?
WebRTC is an exciting new standard being developed to provide real-time communication capabilities between browsers. It is a major component of the HTML5, the newest version of HTML protocol under development today. This project develops methodology and software for performing multi-platform, browser-independent performance benchmarking. The benchmarking results will be used to optimize and improve WebRTC performance on mobile devices.
Database management systems, data-intensive computing, information integration, middleware, distributed systems, and computer system performance evaluation.
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science, December 1983.
University of California at Berkeley
M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering), May 1981.
Carnegie-Mellon University
B.S. (University Honors) in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, May 1979.
Carnegie-Mellon University
André heads the Software Design and Collaboration Laboratory, which focuses on
understanding and advancing the role of design, coordination, and education in software development. His graduate work addressed
distributed configuration management and versioned software architecture from a strictly technical perspective, but since his arrival at
UC Irvine
he has been positively corrupted by his
colleagues
in the
Department of Informatics
to address a broader
research agenda
that integrates a strong focus on people and how they work.
Education is a key interest of André. He was the
principal designer of the new
B.S. in Informatics
at UC Irvine,
and is responsible for delivering several courses in this innovative
curriculum. His research bridges into the educational realm by
developing and critically evaluating new approaches to teaching
software engineering, particularly for those topics that traditionally
are difficult to address in the classroom.
I work in artificial intelligence and machine learning, focusing on statistical methods
for learning from data and on approximate inference techniques for graphical models. Applications of
my work include data mining and information fusion in sensor networks, computer vision and image processing,
and computational biology.
Research themes
Graphical models are used to organize and structure probability distributions over large systems, and enable
efficient approximate or exact reasoning.
My group balances developing theoretical and algorithmic advances with applications
to the real-world systems of our collaborators.
Algorithms. One of our main focuses is on finding maxima or computing probabilities using variational
methods, including the family of belief propagation (BP) message-passing algorithms.
Our contributions include analyzing the convergence and accuracy properties
of BP, developing new BP-like bounds, extending BP techniques to continuous valued systems, improving
the efficiency of "adaptive" or incremental inference, and extending variational algorithms to ``mixed''
inference tasks such as marginal MAP and decision making problems, including influence diagrams (or decision
networks) and distributed team decision problems.
Applications. We have applied our algorithms to a wide variety of problems, including tracking
and understanding data from sensor networks,
efficient representations for large text corpora, computer vision and image processing, and
gene expression data in biology.
We gratefully acknowledge support for our current and recent research from
the National Science Foundation,
DARPA,
Microsoft Research,
the National Institute of Health,
NIAMS,
and UCI's Center for Complex Biological Systems.
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W. Fernandez de la Vega, Combinatorica1,4, pp. 349-355, 1981.
``Probabilistic Analysis of Optimum Partitioning,'' with N. Karmarkar,
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Probabilistic Analysis of Packing and Partitioning
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``More Analysis of Double Hashing,'' with M. Molodowitch,
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``Average-Case Analysis of Off-Line and On-Line Knapsack Problems,''
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``Packing Random Rectangles,''
with E. G. Coffman, Jr., Joel Spencer, and Peter M. Winkler,
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An earlier
version appeared as
DIMACS TR 99-44.
``The Minimum Expectation Selection Problem,''
with David Eppstein.
Presented at Random Structures and Algorithms 2001
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ACM Computing Research Repository, cs.DS/0110011.
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21 (2002), pp. 278-292.
``C-Planarity of Extrovert Clustered Graphs,''
with Michael T. Goodrich and Jonathan Z. Sun,
Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
Vol. 3843, 2006, pp. 211-222.
(Graph Drawing, 13th International Symposium,
Patrick Healy and Nikola S. Nikolov, eds.,
Limerick, Ireland, September 12-14, 2005.)
``Approximation Algorithms for Extensible Bin Packing,''
with E. G. Coffman,
Journal of Scheduling9,1 (2006).
An earlier version appeared in
Proc. Twelfth Annual ACM/SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms,
2001, pp. 586-588.
``On the Convergence of Upper Bound Techniques
for the Average Length of Longest Common Subsequences,"
Proceedings of the Tenth Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments
(ALENEX)
and the Fifth
Workshop on Analytic Algorithmics and Combinatorics
(ANALCO),
(January 19, 2008), pp. 169-182.
``On the Approximability of Geometric and Geographic Generalization
and the Min-Max Bin Covering Problem,"
with Wenliang Du, David Eppstein, and Michael T. Goodrich,
Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS 2009).
``Improved Bounds on the Average Length of Longest Common Subsequences,"
Journal of the ACM56,3 (May 2009), Article 17, 38 pages.
http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1516512.1516519.
This is based on the paper of the same title in the
Fourteenth Annual ACM/SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms,
2003, pp. 130-131, and the
ANALCO paper "On the Convergence of Upper Bound Techniques
for the Average Length of Longest Common Subsequences" listed above.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dutt/
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< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 0 " N a m e = " L i g h t S h a d i n g A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 1 " N a m e = " L i g h t L i s t A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 2 " N a m e = " L i g h t G r i d A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 3 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 1 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 9 9 " S e m i H i d d e n = " t r u e " N a m e = " R e v i s i o n " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 4 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e "
N a m e = " L i s t P a r a g r a p h " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 2 9 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e " N a m e = " Q u o t e " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 0 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e "
N a m e = " I n t e n s e Q u o t e " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d A c c e n t 1 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 0 " N a m e = " L i g h t S h a d i n g A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 1 " N a m e = " L i g h t L i s t A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 2 " N a m e = " L i g h t G r i d A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 3 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 1 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d A c c e n t 2 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 0 " N a m e = " L i g h t S h a d i n g A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 1 " N a m e = " L i g h t L i s t A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 2 " N a m e = " L i g h t G r i d A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 3 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 1 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d A c c e n t 3 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 0 " N a m e = " L i g h t S h a d i n g A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 1 " N a m e = " L i g h t L i s t A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 2 " N a m e = " L i g h t G r i d A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 3 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 1 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d A c c e n t 4 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 0 " N a m e = " L i g h t S h a d i n g A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 1 " N a m e = " L i g h t L i s t A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 2 " N a m e = " L i g h t G r i d A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 3 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 1 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d A c c e n t 5 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 0 " N a m e = " L i g h t S h a d i n g A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 1 " N a m e = " L i g h t L i s t A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 2 " N a m e = " L i g h t G r i d A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 3 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 1 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 4 " N a m e = " M e d i u m S h a d i n g 2 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 5 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 1 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 6 " N a m e = " M e d i u m L i s t 2 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 7 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 1 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 8 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 2 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 6 9 " N a m e = " M e d i u m G r i d 3 A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 0 " N a m e = " D a r k L i s t A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 1 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l S h a d i n g A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 2 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l L i s t A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 7 3 " N a m e = " C o l o r f u l G r i d A c c e n t 6 " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 1 9 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e "
N a m e = " S u b t l e E m p h a s i s " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 2 1 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e "
N a m e = " I n t e n s e E m p h a s i s " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 1 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e "
N a m e = " S u b t l e R e f e r e n c e " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 2 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e "
N a m e = " I n t e n s e R e f e r e n c e " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 3 " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e " N a m e = " B o o k T i t l e " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 7 " S e m i H i d d e n = " t r u e "
U n h i d e W h e n U s e d = " t r u e " N a m e = " B i b l i o g r a p h y " / >
< w : L s d E x c e p t i o n L o c k e d = " f a l s e " P r i o r i t y = " 3 9 " S e m i H i d d e n = " t r u e "
U n h i d e W h e n U s e d = " t r u e " Q F o r m a t = " t r u e " N a m e = " T O C H e a d i n g " / >
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m s o - f o n t - c h a r s e t : 0 ;
m s o - g e n e r i c - f o n t - f a m i l y : a u t o ;
m s o - f o n t - p i t c h : v a r i a b l e ;
m s o - f o n t - s i g n a t u r e : 3 0 0 0 1 0 ; }
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{ f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ;
p a n o s e - 1 : 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ;
m s o - f o n t - c h a r s e t : 2 ;
m s o - g e n e r i c - f o n t - f a m i l y : a u t o ;
m s o - f o n t - p i t c h : v a r i a b l e ;
m s o - f o n t - s i g n a t u r e : 0 2 6 8 4 3 5 4 5 6 0 0 - 2 1 4 7 4 8 3 6 4 8 0 ; }
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m s o - f o n t - c h a r s e t : 7 9 ;
m s o - g e n e r i c - f o n t - f a m i l y : a u t o ;
m s o - f o n t - p i t c h : v a r i a b l e ;
m s o - f o n t - s i g n a t u r e : 1 1 5 1 3 8 8 1 6 0 1 6 0 5 2 4 2 8 8 0 ; }
@ f o n t - f a c e
{ f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - f o n t - c h a r s e t : 7 9 ;
m s o - g e n e r i c - f o n t - f a m i l y : a u t o ;
m s o - f o n t - p i t c h : v a r i a b l e ;
m s o - f o n t - s i g n a t u r e : 1 1 5 1 3 8 8 1 6 0 1 6 0 5 2 4 2 8 8 0 ; }
@ f o n t - f a c e
{ f o n t - f a m i l y : " L u c i d a G r a n d e " ;
p a n o s e - 1 : 2 1 1 6 0 4 5 2 2 2 4 ;
m s o - f o n t - c h a r s e t : 0 ;
m s o - g e n e r i c - f o n t - f a m i l y : a u t o ;
m s o - f o n t - p i t c h : v a r i a b l e ;
m s o - f o n t - s i g n a t u r e : - 5 2 0 0 9 0 8 9 7 1 3 4 2 2 1 8 7 5 1 0 0 4 4 7 0 ; }
/ * S t y l e D e f i n i t i o n s * /
p . M s o N o r m a l , l i . M s o N o r m a l , d i v . M s o N o r m a l
{ m s o - s t y l e - u n h i d e : n o ;
m s o - s t y l e - q f o r m a t : y e s ;
m s o - s t y l e - p a r e n t : " " ;
m a r g i n : 0 i n ;
m a r g i n - b o t t o m : . 0 0 0 1 p t ;
m s o - p a g i n a t i o n : w i d o w - o r p h a n ;
f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - f a r e a s t - f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ; }
a : l i n k , s p a n . M s o H y p e r l i n k
{ m s o - s t y l e - u n h i d e : n o ;
c o l o r : b l u e ;
t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n : u n d e r l i n e ;
t e x t - u n d e r l i n e : s i n g l e ; }
a : v i s i t e d , s p a n . M s o H y p e r l i n k F o l l o w e d
{ m s o - s t y l e - u n h i d e : n o ;
c o l o r : b l u e ;
t e x t - d e c o r a t i o n : u n d e r l i n e ;
t e x t - u n d e r l i n e : s i n g l e ; }
p . M s o A c e t a t e , l i . M s o A c e t a t e , d i v . M s o A c e t a t e
{ m s o - s t y l e - u n h i d e : n o ;
m s o - s t y l e - l i n k : " B a l l o o n T e x t C h a r " ;
m a r g i n : 0 i n ;
m a r g i n - b o t t o m : . 0 0 0 1 p t ;
m s o - p a g i n a t i o n : w i d o w - o r p h a n ;
f o n t - s i z e : 9 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : " L u c i d a G r a n d e " ;
m s o - f a r e a s t - f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ; }
s p a n . B a l l o o n T e x t C h a r
{ m s o - s t y l e - n a m e : " B a l l o o n T e x t C h a r " ;
m s o - s t y l e - u n h i d e : n o ;
m s o - s t y l e - l o c k e d : y e s ;
m s o - s t y l e - l i n k : " B a l l o o n T e x t " ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 9 . 0 p t ;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 9 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : " L u c i d a G r a n d e " ;
m s o - a s c i i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " L u c i d a G r a n d e " ;
m s o - f a r e a s t - f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - h a n s i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " L u c i d a G r a n d e " ;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ; }
s p a n . H T M L A d d r e s s C h a r
{ m s o - s t y l e - n a m e : " H T M L A d d r e s s C h a r " ;
m s o - s t y l e - u n h i d e : n o ;
m s o - s t y l e - l o c k e d : y e s ;
m s o - s t y l e - l i n k : " H T M L A d d r e s s " ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - a s c i i - f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - f a r e a s t - f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - h a n s i - f o n t - f a m i l y : ���;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ;
f o n t - s t y l e : i t a l i c ; }
s p a n . S p e l l E
{ m s o - s t y l e - n a m e : " " ;
m s o - s p l - e : y e s ; }
s p a n . G r a m E
{ m s o - s t y l e - n a m e : " " ;
m s o - g r a m - e : y e s ; }
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{ m s o - s t y l e - t y p e : e x p o r t - o n l y ;
m s o - d e f a u l t - p r o p s : y e s ;
f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ; }
@ p a g e W o r d S e c t i o n 1
{ s i z e : 8 . 5 i n 1 1 . 0 i n ;
m a r g i n : 1 . 0 i n 1 . 2 5 i n 1 . 0 i n 1 . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - h e a d e r - m a r g i n : . 5 i n ;
m s o - f o o t e r - m a r g i n : . 5 i n ;
m s o - p a p e r - s o u r c e : 0 ; }
d i v . W o r d S e c t i o n 1
{ p a g e : W o r d S e c t i o n 1 ; }
/ * L i s t D e f i n i t i o n s * /
@ l i s t l 0
{ m s o - l i s t - i d : 4 5 5 9 5 6 1 9 7 ;
m s o - l i s t - t e m p l a t e - i d s : - 1 7 1 8 0 3 6 4 3 0 ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 1
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 2
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 1 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 3
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 1 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 4
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 2 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 5
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 2 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 6
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 3 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 7
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 3 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 8
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 4 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 0 : l e v e l 9
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 4 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 1
{ m s o - l i s t - i d : 1 3 8 0 8 5 6 9 3 0 ;
m s o - l i s t - t y p e : h y b r i d ;
m s o - l i s t - t e m p l a t e - i d s : - 2 1 2 3 0 6 1 4 4 2 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 3 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 1 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 3 6 7 6 9 8 6 8 9 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 1 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 3 6 7 6 9 8 6 8 9 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 1 6 7 6 9 8 6 9 3 ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 1
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 2
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 1 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 3
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 1 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 4
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 2 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 5
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 2 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 6
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 3 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 7
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 3 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 8
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 4 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 1 : l e v e l 9
{ m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 4 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ; }
@ l i s t l 2
{ m s o - l i s t - i d : 1 4 7 8 1 1 0 8 3 0 ;
m s o - l i s t - t e m p l a t e - i d s : - 1 1 1 0 9 5 4 6 5 6 ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 1
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 2
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 1 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 3
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 1 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 4
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 2 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 5
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 2 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 6
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 3 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 7
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 3 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 8
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 4 . 0 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
@ l i s t l 2 : l e v e l 9
{ m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - f o r m a t : b u l l e t ;
m s o - l e v e l - t e x t : ��;
m s o - l e v e l - t a b - s t o p : 4 . 5 i n ;
m s o - l e v e l - n u m b e r - p o s i t i o n : l e f t ;
t e x t - i n d e n t : - . 2 5 i n ;
m s o - a n s i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : W i n g d i n g s ; }
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{ m s o - s t y l e - n a m e : " T a b l e N o r m a l " ;
m s o - t s t y l e - r o w b a n d - s i z e : 0 ;
m s o - t s t y l e - c o l b a n d - s i z e : 0 ;
m s o - s t y l e - n o s h o w : y e s ;
m s o - s t y l e - p r i o r i t y : 9 9 ;
m s o - s t y l e - p a r e n t : " " ;
m s o - p a d d i n g - a l t : 0 i n 5 . 4 p t 0 i n 5 . 4 p t ;
m s o - p a r a - m a r g i n : 0 i n ;
m s o - p a r a - m a r g i n - b o t t o m : . 0 0 0 1 p t ;
m s o - p a g i n a t i o n : w i d o w - o r p h a n ;
f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ;
f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; }
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< o : s h a p e d e f a u l t s v : e x t = " e d i t " s p i d m a x = " 1 0 3 0 " / >
< / x m l > < ! [ e n d i f ] - - > < ! - - [ i f g t e m s o 9 ] > < x m l >
< o : s h a p e l a y o u t v : e x t = " e d i t " >
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< / o : s h a p e l a y o u t > < / x m l > < ! [ e n d i f ] - - >
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< b o d y b g c o l o r = i v o r y l a n g = E N - U S l i n k = b l u e v l i n k = b l u e s t y l e = ' t a b - i n t e r v a l : . 5 i n ' >
< d i v c l a s s = W o r d S e c t i o n 1 >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 1 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ' > < o : p > & n b s p ; < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m a r g i n - l e f t : 2 . 0 i n ' > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 1 . 0 p t ;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - n o - p r o o f : y e s ' > < ! - - [ i f g t e v m l 1 ] > < v : s h a p e t y p e
i d = " _ x 0 0 0 0 _ t 7 5 " c o o r d s i z e = " 2 1 6 0 0 , 2 1 6 0 0 " o : s p t = " 7 5 " o : p r e f e r r e l a t i v e = " t "
p a t h = " m @ 4 @ 5 l @ 4 @ 1 1 @ 9 @ 1 1 @ 9 @ 5 x e " f i l l e d = " f " s t r o k e d = " f " >
< v : s t r o k e j o i n s t y l e = " m i t e r " / >
< v : f o r m u l a s >
< v : f e q n = " i f l i n e D r a w n p i x e l L i n e W i d t h 0 " / >
< v : f e q n = " s u m @ 0 1 0 " / >
< v : f e q n = " s u m 0 0 @ 1 " / >
< v : f e q n = " p r o d @ 2 1 2 " / >
< v : f e q n = " p r o d @ 3 2 1 6 0 0 p i x e l W i d t h " / >
< v : f e q n = " p r o d @ 3 2 1 6 0 0 p i x e l H e i g h t " / >
< v : f e q n = " s u m @ 0 0 1 " / >
< v : f e q n = " p r o d @ 6 1 2 " / >
< v : f e q n = " p r o d @ 7 2 1 6 0 0 p i x e l W i d t h " / >
< v : f e q n = " s u m @ 8 2 1 6 0 0 0 " / >
< v : f e q n = " p r o d @ 7 2 1 6 0 0 p i x e l H e i g h t " / >
< v : f e q n = " s u m @ 1 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 " / >
< / v : f o r m u l a s >
< v : p a t h o : e x t r u s i o n o k = " f " g r a d i e n t s h a p e o k = " t " o : c o n n e c t t y p e = " r e c t " / >
< o : l o c k v : e x t = " e d i t " a s p e c t r a t i o = " t " / >
< / v : s h a p e t y p e > < v : s h a p e i d = " P i c t u r e _ x 0 0 2 0 _ 2 " o : s p i d = " _ x 0 0 0 0 _ i 1 0 2 5 " t y p e = " # _ x 0 0 0 0 _ t 7 5 "
s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 5 1 9 p t ; h e i g h t : 5 4 p t ; v i s i b i l i t y : v i s i b l e ; m s o - w r a p - s t y l e : s q u a r e ' >
< v : i m a g e d a t a s r c = " i n d e x _ f i l e s / i m a g e 0 0 1 . j p g " o : t i t l e = " " / >
< / v : s h a p e > < ! [ e n d i f ] - - > < ! [ i f ! v m l ] > < i m g w i d t h = 5 2 1 h e i g h t = 5 6
s r c = " i n d e x _ f i l e s / i m a g e 0 0 2 . p n g " v : s h a p e s = " P i c t u r e _ x 0 0 2 0 _ 2 " > < ! [ e n d i f ] > < / s p a n > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 1 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ' > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< d i v a l i g n = c e n t e r >
< t a b l e c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l T a b l e b o r d e r = 0 c e l l s p a c i n g = 8 c e l l p a d d i n g = 0 w i d t h = " 1 0 0 % "
s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 1 0 0 . 0 % ; m s o - c e l l s p a c i n g : 7 . 5 p t ; m s o - y f t i - t b l l o o k : 1 1 8 4 ; m s o - p a d d i n g - a l t :
0 i n 5 . 4 p t 0 i n 5 . 4 p t ' >
< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 0 ; m s o - y f t i - f i r s t r o w : y e s ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 5 5 7 c o l s p a n = 2 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 5 5 7 . 2 5 p t ; b a c k g r o u n d : # C C C C F F ; p a d d i n g :
. 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l a l i g n = c e n t e r s t y l e = ' t e x t - a l i g n : c e n t e r ' > < s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 2 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t :
m i n o r - b i d i ; c o l o r : # 0 0 3 3 0 0 ' > N i k i l D u t t < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y :
" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
< / t r >
< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 1 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 1 1 9 r o w s p a n = 1 1 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 1 1 9 . 4 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < ! - - [ i f g t e v m l 1 ] > < v : s h a p e
i d = " _ x 0 0 0 0 _ i 1 0 7 1 " t y p e = " # _ x 0 0 0 0 _ t 7 5 " s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 1 1 8 p t ; h e i g h t : 1 5 0 p t ' >
< v : i m a g e d a t a s r c = " i n d e x _ f i l e s / i m a g e 0 0 3 . j p g " o : t i t l e = " d u t t - p o r t r a i t " / >
< / v : s h a p e > < ! [ e n d i f ] - - > < ! [ i f ! v m l ] > < i m g w i d t h = 1 2 0 h e i g h t = 1 5 2
s r c = " i n d e x _ f i l e s / i m a g e 0 0 4 . p n g " a l t = " A p p l e M a r k & # 1 0 ; " v : s h a p e s = " _ x 0 0 0 0 _ i 1 0 7 1 " > < ! [ e n d i f ] > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 0 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
< / t r >
< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 2 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > P o s i t i o n : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < a
h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . e v c . u c i . e d u / D i s t P r o f / c h a n _ p r o f . a s p " > C h a n c e l l o r s P r o f e s s o r < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m a r g i n - l e f t : . 5 i n ' > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = " m s o - s p a c e r u n : y e s " > � � � � � � < / s p a n > < n s 0 : P l a c e T y p e > < s p a n > U n i v e r s i t y < / n s 0 : P l a c e T y p e > < / s p a n >
o f < n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < s p a n > C a l i f o r n i a < / n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < / s p a n > , < n s 0 : p l a c e > < s p a n > < n s 0 : C i t y > < s p a n > I r v i n e < / n s 0 : C i t y > < / s p a n > < / n s 0 : p l a c e > < / s p a n >
< o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
< / t r >
< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 3 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > A c a d e m i c
D e p a r t m e n t A f f i l i a t i o n s : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ;
m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< u l s t y l e = ' m a r g i n - t o p : 0 i n ' t y p e = s q u a r e >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < a
h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . i c s . u c i . e d u / c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e / " > D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m p u t e r
S c i e n c e < / a > ( p r i m a r y ) < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < a
h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . e n g . u c i . e d u / d e p t / e e c s " > D e p a r t m e n t o f E E C S < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < a
h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . c o g s c i . u c i . e d u / " > D e p a r t m e n t o f C o g n i t i v e S c i e n c e s < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
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< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m a r g i n - l e f t : . 5 i n ' > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e :
1 1 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ; f o n t - w e i g h t : n o r m a l ' > < o : p > & n b s p ; < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > R e s e a r c h
C e n t e r A f f i l i a t i o n s : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < / s p a n > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ' > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< u l s t y l e = ' m a r g i n - t o p : 0 i n ' t y p e = s q u a r e >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > C e n t e r f o r C o g n i t i v e
N e u r o s c i e n c e a n d E n g i n e e r i n g ( < a h r e f = " h t t p : / / c e n c e . s s . u c i . e d u / / " > C E N C E < / a > ) ,
A s s o c i a t e D i r e c t o r < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > C e n t e r f o r E m b e d d e d
C o m p u t e r S y s t e m s < a h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . c e c s . u c i . e d u / " > ( C E C S ) < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > C a l i f o r n i a I n s t i t u t e f o r
T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y < a
h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . c a l i t 2 . n e t / " > ( C a l < s p a n c l a s s = G r a m E > - ( < / s p a n > I T ) 2 ) < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > C e n t e r f o r P e r v a s i v e
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d C o m p u t i n g < a h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . e n g . u c i . e d u / c p c c / " > ( C P C C )
< / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > L a b o r a t o r y f o r U b i q u i t o u s
C o m p u t i n g a n d I n t e r a c t i o n < a h r e f = " h t t p : / / l u c i . i c s . u c i . e d u / " > ( L U C I ) < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
< l i c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l s t y l e = ' m s o - l i s t : l 1 l e v e l 1 l f o 3 ; t a b - s t o p s : l i s t . 5 i n ' > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > C e n t e r f o r C o m p u t e r G a m e s
a n d V i r t u a l W o r l d s ( < a h r e f = " h t t p : / / c g v w . i c s . u c i . e d u / " > C G V W < / a > ) < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / l i >
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< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 4 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > L a b o r a t o r y :
< / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ;
f o n t - w e i g h t : n o r m a l ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - w e i g h t : b o l d ' > < a
h r e f = " h t t p : / / d u t t g r o u p . i c s . u c i . e d u / d o k u . p h p " > < b s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - w e i g h t :
n o r m a l ' > D u t t R e s e a r c h G r o u p < / b > < / a > < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > O l d
l a b p a g e ( b e f o r e 2 0 0 7 ) : < a h r e f = " h t t p : / / w w w . i c s . u c i . e d u / ~ a c e s " > A C E S : A r c h i t e c t u r e s
a n d C o m p i l e r s f o r E m b e d d e d S y s t e m s < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
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< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
< / t r >
< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 5 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > O f f i c e : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > B r e n H a l l 3 0 8 6 < a
h r e f = " u c i - d i r e c t i o n s - d u t t - o f f i c e . h t m " > O f f i c e M a p a n d D i r e c t i o n s < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 6 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > P h o n e : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y :
" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > + 1 ( 9 4 9 ) 8 2 4 - 7 2 1 9 < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 7 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > P e r s o n a l F a x : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > + 1 ( 9 4 9 ) 8 2 4 - 7 2 1 9 < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 8 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ;
m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > A l t . F a x : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > + 1 ( 9 4 9 ) 8 2 4 - 4 0 5 6 < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
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< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 9 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n c l a s s = S p e l l E > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y :
" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > E M a i l < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < / s p a n > < s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < a h r e f = " m a i l t o : d u t t @ u c i . e d u " > d u t t @ u c i . e d u < / a >
< o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
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< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 1 0 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' > < / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 1 1 ; h e i g h t : 8 2 . 3 5 p t ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 4 3 0 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 4 3 0 . 3 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ;
h e i g h t : 8 2 . 3 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e :
1 2 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ; m s o - b i d i - t h e m e - f o n t : m i n o r - b i d i ' > M a i l
A d d r e s s : < / s p a n > < / s t r o n g > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < b r >
< / s p a n > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > N i k i l
D u t t < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y :
" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > C h a n c e l l o r s P r o f e s s o r < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y :
" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e , < s p a n c l a s s = S p e l l E > Z o t < / s p a n >
C o d e 3 4 3 5 < b r >
< n s 0 : p l a c e > < s p a n > < n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < s p a n > D o n a l d < / n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < / s p a n > < n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < s p a n > B r e n < / n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < / s p a n >
< n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < s p a n > S c h o o l < / n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < / s p a n > < / n s 0 : p l a c e > < / s p a n > o f
I n f o r m a t i o n a n d C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e s < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - s i z e : 1 4 . 0 p t ; m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y :
" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < n s 0 : P l a c e T y p e > < s p a n > U n i v e r s i t y < / n s 0 : P l a c e T y p e > < / s p a n > o f < n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < s p a n > C a l i f o r n i a < / n s 0 : P l a c e N a m e > < / s p a n > ,
< n s 0 : C i t y > < s p a n > I r v i n e < / n s 0 : C i t y > < / s p a n > < b r >
< n s 0 : p l a c e > < s p a n > < n s 0 : C i t y > < s p a n > I r v i n e < / n s 0 : C i t y > < / s p a n > , < n s 0 : S t a t e > < s p a n > C A < / n s 0 : S t a t e > < / s p a n >
< n s 0 : P o s t a l C o d e > < s p a n > 9 2 6 9 7 - 3 4 3 5 < / n s 0 : P o s t a l C o d e > < / s p a n > , < n s 0 : c o u n t r y - r e g i o n > < s p a n > U S A < / n s 0 : c o u n t r y - r e g i o n > < / s p a n > < / n s 0 : p l a c e > < / s p a n > < / s p a n > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / p >
< / t d >
< t d s t y l e = ' m s o - c e l l - s p e c i a l : p l a c e h o l d e r ; b o r d e r : n o n e ; p a d d i n g : 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n 0 i n '
w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< t r s t y l e = ' m s o - y f t i - i r o w : 1 2 ; m s o - r o w - m a r g i n - r i g h t : 3 . 2 5 p t ' >
< t d w i d t h = 5 5 7 c o l s p a n = 2 s t y l e = ' w i d t h : 5 5 7 . 2 5 p t ; p a d d i n g : . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t . 7 5 p t ' >
< p c l a s s = M s o N o r m a l > < s p a n c l a s s = S p e l l E > < s p a n s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > D u t t ' s < / s p a n > < / s p a n > < s p a n
s t y l e = ' m s o - b i d i - f o n t - f a m i l y : " T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > r e s e a r c h i s i n t h e a r e a o f
e m b e d d e d s y s t e m s a n d c o m p u t e r - a i d e d d e s i g n , w i t h a s p e c i f i c f o c u s o n t h e
e x p l o r a t i o n , e v a l u a t i o n a n d d e s i g n o f d o m a i n - s p e c i f i c e m b e d d e d s y s t e m s
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w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
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< / t d >
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w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
< / t r >
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o f C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e < / a > < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / a d d r e s s >
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I n f o r m a t i o n a n d C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e s < / a > < b r >
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< o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / a d d r e s s >
< / t d >
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w i d t h = 3 > < p c l a s s = ' M s o N o r m a l ' > & n b s p ; < / t d >
< / t r >
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" T i m e s N e w R o m a n " ' > & n b s p ; < o : p > < / o : p > < / s p a n > < / a d d r e s s >
< / t d >
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http://www.ics.uci.edu/~gts/
Gene Tsudik's Info Page
Gene
("The older I is, the better I was")
Tsudik
Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science
formerly known as "Lois and Peter Griffin Professor" and "The Simpson Family Professor"
Quagmire Computer Science Department
Pewterschmidt School of Information
and Computer Sciences
University of Caliphoneya, Irvine
An urgent message to all humorless barbarians inhabiting this planet:
As a free human being, I reserve the right to disrespect, mock, parody, laugh at,
and disbelieve any
and all of your deities, saints, prophets and idols.
Are you a prospective graduate student looking for an advisor?
If so, here is an easy and painless way to see if you and I can work together.
Just click here and
then here.
Here's a presentation I gave several times over the last few years
with some platitudinal advice for graduating PhD students who are interested in academic
research careers: academia.pdf
Brief Bio:
Gene Tsudik is a "Lois and Peter Griffin" Professor of Computer Science
at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He obtained his PhD in Computer
Science from USC in 1991. Before coming to UCI in 2000, he was at
IBM Zurich Research Laboratory (1991-1996) and USC/ISI (1996-2000).
Over the years, his research interests included many topics in security and
applied cryptography. He currently serves as Director of Secure Computing
and Networking Center (SCONCE) at UCI. Gene Tsudik is a former Fulbright Scholar and a
fellow of ACM and IEEE.
From 2009 to 2015 he served as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on
Information and Systems Security (TISSEC). He suffers from a debilitating
academic condition known as "Research ADHD".
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~gmark/
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~babaks/
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~harris/
Ian G. Harris, Associate Professor
Ian G. Harris
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Ian G. Harris is currently Vice Chair of Undergraduate Education in
the Computer Science Department at the University of California
Irvine. He received his BS degree in Computer Science from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. He received his MS
and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of
California San Diego in 1992 and 1997 respectively. He was a member
of the faculty in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1997 until June
2003.
Research Areas
Functional Verification
Electronic Design Automation from Natural Language
Embedded Systems Security
Social Engineering Attack Detection
Research projects in Professor Harris' group is related to
testing of hardware and software systems. His field of interest includes
validation of hardware systems to ensure that the behavior of the
system matches the intentions of the designer. He also investigates
the application of testing for computer security. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a prominent theme in Professor Harris' work in both security and verification. NLP techniques are used to extract information from hardware specifications, and NLP techniques are used to identify social engineering attacks in a dialog between two speakers.
Service
Professor Harris serves on the program committees of several leading
conferences in verification and security including IEEE Hardware Oriented
Security and Trust (HOST), Haifa Verification Conference (HVC), and the IEEE Conference on Technologies
for Homeland Security.
Professor Harris is also co-organizer of the Workshop for Design Automation for Understanding of Hardware Designs (DUHDe) held in conjunction with IEEE/ACM Design Automation and Test in Europe 2016. The aim of the workshop is to consolidate the research community for problems related to design understanding across multiple levels of abstraction. Problems of interest include Automatic Feature Extraction, Reverse Engineering, and Synthesis/Verification from Natural Language.
Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean
and Professor of Statistics
Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
University of California, Irvine
Research interests:
Bayesian methods, model diagnostics, forensic statistics, and statistical applications in biology/health, social sciences, and sports.
Bayesian Data Analysis: The third edition of Bayesian Data Analysis by A. Gelman,
J. B. Carlin, H. S. Stern, and D. B. Rubin was published in 2014. The new edition
includes additional chapters on computation and Bayesian nonparametric modeling tools. It also includes illustrations of computation using STAN.
For additional information about this book including how to purchase
please visit the book web site.
CHANCE magazine:Chance is a magazine about statistics
and the use of statistics in society. Chance features
articles that showcase the use of
statistical methods and ideas in the social,
biological, physical, and medical
sciences. I'm a former editor and a big fan!
Please visit the web site for more information.
Curiosity about the world and a commitment to solving problems are the passions that drive ICS faculty. Their research in the information and computer sciences are applicable to many scholarly and scientific fields. But our faculty don't do it alone, students work side-by-side with nationally renowned professors to advance knowledge and improve lives. Below is a list of ICS research areas:
Algorithms and Complexity Bren School faculty members have made significant contributions to many topics in this field, including graph algorithms and graph drawing (computing with systems of pairwise interactions between objects such as web page links, protein interactions, or social networks) and computational geometry (computing with planar or spatial data).
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research in AI is concerned with producing machines to automate tasks requiring intelligent behavior. Examples include computer vision, bioinformatics, constraint-based problem solving, text understanding, data mining and smart sensor networks.
Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology Involves the use of techniques from applied mathematics, informatics, statistics, and computer science to solve biological problems. Current areas of research at the Bren School include medical information access and knowledge representation for health-care guidelines.
Computer Architecture and Design Develops methods and tools for ensuring the reliability and quality of complex, large-scale software systems. These methods and tools support the development, deployment, maintenance and evolution of complex software systems.
Computer Graphics and Visualization Focuses on the field of visual computing that deals with generating/capturing, representing, rendering and interacting with synthetic and real-world images and video. We work on end-to-end solutions from capturing of images and geometry; representing large geometric, image, and video data sets; geometry and image processing; interactive access and rendering of large visual data sets; algorithms for building large area immersive displays for the presentation of visual content; and interation techniques in both small personal displays and in large displays for collaborative environments.
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Information technologies bring people together -- through social networking, through collaborative systems, through digital media, and through communications. Informatics has been a long-term leader in the study of social engagement through information systems. Topics include distance collaboration, workflow and process-based systems, multi-user gaming, and cultural engagements.
Computer Vision Computer vision at UCI focuses on understanding the information processing capabilities of biological visual systems and on developing computational systems for processing visual media. Research spans both theoretical questions of perception and object representation as well as practical applications ranging from automated surveillance to biological image analysis.
Databases and Data Mining Focuses on research related to architectures, index structures, algorithms, models, and performance evaluation of a variety of next-generation databases and information systems and technologies for data mining.
Embedded Systems Focuses on issues relating to embedded systems, a special-purpose system in which software and hardware computing elements are completely encapsulated by the device or environment it controls. Unlike a general-purpose computer, such as a personal computer, an embedded system performs pre-defined tasks, usually under very specific constraints (e.g, low power) and requirements (e.g., reliability).
Environmental Informatics Humanity is currently facing a range of significant environmental challenges such as global warming, species extinction, pollution, and overpopulation. Informatics tools and techniques can help facilitate responses to these challenges, and assist with planning for future environmental issues.
Human Computer Interaction HCI research at UCI stretches from the architecture of novel interactive systems to the social and cultural considerations of information technology adoption and use. We employ laboratory, ethnographic, and prototyping techniques to understand how people adopt, adapt, and respond to information systems. Recent research has investigated privacy issues in mobile systems, tangible interfaces for group awareness, interactive animation, and visualization of location information.
Medical Informatics This topic concerns the development and application of information systems to healthcare. Information systems have a critical role to play in contemporary health and wellness programs. This includes technology in hospital settings but also persuasive technologies for healthy living, health care in the home and in the community, and in the interactions between partners in the health care system.
Multimedia Computing Multimedia computing started receiving attention more than a decade ago. Naturally, early systems dealt with very limited aspect of multimedia. With progress in technology, several computing addresses important issues in creation, communication, storage, access, and presentation of information and experiences. In our department, we are addressing research issues in fundamentals of multimedia systems and their advanced applications.
Networks and Distributed Systems Researchers investigate various issues in the design and analysis of high-speed networks for multimedia applications. They are actively involved in research on computer networks and distributed systems, with the goal of designing, analyzing and implementing communication systems that allow high-speed transport of multimedia information between end-users.
Operating Systems The operating systems area at UCI embraces a wide range of topics related to theory and practice of computer systems software. Researchers here are building systems for reliable and efficient big data processing, mobile I/O virtualization, program analyses and various other applications.
Programming Languages and Systems Systems software research at UCI has expanded to include topics such as program restructuring and transformation techniques for parallelization and distribution, compiler-assisted memory management, component-oriented languages and dynamic code optimization.
Scientific and Numerical Computing Refers to the application of computers to scientific problems, from astrophysics to zoology. The mode of application can be system modelling, data analysis and mining, or visualization. The focus can be on developing new computational techniques, such as parallel algorithms or new data mining ideas, or on the novel application of existing techniques to new scientific problems.
Security, Privacy and Cryptography Bren School research in this area includes anonymity and authentication in network security, key agreement and digital signatures in cryptography, and security issues in electronic commerce.
Social Informatics UC Irvine is an acknowledged center for the study of social informatics, which incorporates the social and cultural aspects of information technology development and use. Social informatics employs techniques and theories from social sciences and cultural studies to understand the shaping and applications of digital media and their organizational, political, historical, and economic contexts. This topic links information system analysis with design.
Software Engineering Software research at UCI is aimed at creating new software technology and solutions, furthering the information revolution. The central goal of this research is improvement in software development, evolution, deployment, quality, understandability and cost-effectiveness.
Statistics and Statistical Theory Researchers at UCI are concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. Statistical principles and methods are important for addressing questions in public policy, medicine, industry and virtually every branch of science.
Ubiquitous Computing Ubiquitous computing builds upon and unites virtually all of thfe current research strengths in the Bren School. Researchers are addressing issues such as context-aware computing, whereby mobile computing responds to one's current context.
Consulting in the area of computer law and "forensic computer science," working with other attorneys on computer-related legal matters or as an arbitrator, mediator, or expert witness
Academic interests
Computer law, including intellectual property protection for software and in cyberspace
Computer science education, including introductory curricula and pedagogy, evaluation of student software, and training and advising of instructors.
Extracurricular interests
Domestic and international travel
Contemporary and Japanese art
Architectural and nature photography
Preparing and consuming diverse cuisines
Reading crime fiction and much else
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~feldman/
Julian Feldman
Julian Feldman
Position: Faculty Member
Area: Computing, Organizations, Policy, and Society (CORPS)
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~irani/
Sandy Irani
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/degrees/index.php
Graduate Programs of Study @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, ICS offers an array of graduate degree programs in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics. Click on a related link below to learn more about a specifc degree program. You can also visit the UCI Course Catalog for more in-depth information about each ICS graduate program.
This is a tentative schedule of CompSci, Informatics, Networked Systems and Statistics courses that the Bren School is planning to offer.
Please note that this proposed course schedule, while NOT guaranteed, is intended to help with your general academic planning. You are encouraged to consider back-up options that align with your intended date of graduation, since course offerings and faculty assignments may change.
NOTE: The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered “final”. Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/index.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Below is a partial list of International Center forms. To view the complete list and download these forms, visit the International Center website, or go directly the F-1 or J-1 student pages.
You will need to submit an online application and pay the application fee in order to re-apply to the program. If you are re-applying within a one-year period, you may re-use the original documents; however, we encourage you to update your file with a new statement of purpose and letters of recommendation. If you are re-applying after one year, you will need to re-submit all new documents. GRE and TOEFL scores must be current at the time of re-application. Please send an email to gcounsel@ics.uci.edu letting us know which documents you would like to re-use.
Join more than 400 graduate students studying virtually every principle area within the fields of Computer Science, Informatics, Networked Systems, Software Engineering and Statistics, as well as many new interdisciplinary topics. With more than 75 faculty members spanning three departments—Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics—a state-of-the-art 90,000 sq. ft. building and a $20 million gift from philanthropist Donald Bren, this is a very exciting time to be a part of the Donald Bren School.
Almost all of our Ph.D. students receive financial aid in the form of teaching assistantships or research assistantships during their time at UC Irvine. Many of them also receive fellowships from the Bren School's corporate partners and private supporters.
You can still apply to ICS if your undergraduate degree is not in the same area as the graduate degree in which you are interested. However, it is helpful if you have taken courses in computer science and math, and/or have some related work experience.
A complete list of our graduate programs is below so you can explore which one is right for you. You can also visit the UCI Course Catalog for more in-depth information about each ICS graduate program.
Fellowship and award opportunities available to ICS Graduate Students are outlined in this PDF document. This is a combined list of those offered by Graduate Division and external sources. Please see the links provided in the document for more information on each fellowship or award.
*Many fellowships have internal department deadlines 7-10 days prior to the official due date.
Teaching Assistantships
Students can receive funding through appointments as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Reader. Information on responsibilities, requirements, and benefits can be found on the Graduate Division website here.
Interested ICS graduate students must submit an application for each quarter they wish to search as a TA or Reader. The application requirement applies to ALL students, including those on a TA/Reader fellowship.
Students are notified of their appointments via email as soon as they are assigned. Any questions about TA and Reader assignments should be directed to the Department Managers.
Graduate Housing
On-campus housing is not guaranteed.
All students looking for on-campus housing options must apply in order to be considered. Continuing students may apply to the housing waiting list at any time during the year. Admitted students may apply for housing after they submit their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR), and must do so by May 1st.
Continuing students can find more information on the Student Housing website.
Information for new graduate students may be found here.
The primary focus of the Student Affairs Office is to assist students and faculty with University policies, procedures and requirements related to ICS academic programs. The graduate staff coordinates the graduate admissions process, fellowships and the graduate student review. It also handles the various forms and administrative functions relating to graduate students.
Contact Information
Phone: (949) 824-5156
Fax: (949) 824-4163
Mailing Address: Donald Bren School Student Affairs, ICS Building, Suite 352, Irvine, CA 92697-3430
Office Hours: Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Neha Rawal – Associate Director of Student Affairs
Andrea O'Donnell – Graduate Counselor
Julie Kennedy – Graduate Counselor
Karina Bocanegra – Graduate Counselor
Mare Stasik – Office Manager
Lumen Hwang – Instructional Support Manager
Tony Givargis – Associate Dean for Student Affairs Please contact the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at adsa@ics.uci.edu to discuss concerns (not related to specific academic advising), or share your thoughts and recommendations about any aspect of the ICS graduate program. Associate Dean Givargis holds weekly office hours in the Donald Bren School Student Affairs Office, ICS, Suite 352. Please call the SAO's front desk at (949) 824-5156 to find out his hours of availability.
Join more than 400 graduate students studying virtually every principle area within the fields of Computer Science, Informatics, Networked Systems, Software Engineering and Statistics, as well as many new interdisciplinary topics. With more than 75 faculty members spanning three departments—Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics—a state-of-the-art 90,000 sq. ft. building and a $20 million gift from philanthropist Donald Bren, this is a very exciting time to be a part of the Donald Bren School.
Almost all of our Ph.D. students receive financial aid in the form of teaching assistantships or research assistantships during their time at UC Irvine. Many of them also receive fellowships from the Bren School's corporate partners and private supporters.
You can still apply to ICS if your undergraduate degree is not in the same area as the graduate degree in which you are interested. However, it is helpful if you have taken courses in computer science and math, and/or have some related work experience.
A complete list of our graduate programs is below so you can explore which one is right for you. You can also visit the UCI Course Catalog for more in-depth information about each ICS graduate program.
Fellowship and award opportunities available to ICS Graduate Students are outlined in this PDF document. This is a combined list of those offered by Graduate Division and external sources. Please see the links provided in the document for more information on each fellowship or award.
*Many fellowships have internal department deadlines 7-10 days prior to the official due date.
Teaching Assistantships
Students can receive funding through appointments as a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Reader. Information on responsibilities, requirements, and benefits can be found on the Graduate Division website here.
Interested ICS graduate students must submit an application for each quarter they wish to search as a TA or Reader. The application requirement applies to ALL students, including those on a TA/Reader fellowship.
Students are notified of their appointments via email as soon as they are assigned. Any questions about TA and Reader assignments should be directed to the Department Managers.
Graduate Housing
On-campus housing is not guaranteed.
All students looking for on-campus housing options must apply in order to be considered. Continuing students may apply to the housing waiting list at any time during the year. Admitted students may apply for housing after they submit their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR), and must do so by May 1st.
Continuing students can find more information on the Student Housing website.
Information for new graduate students may be found here.
Your ICS account will be automatically renewed as long as you remain under a major in the Bren School of ICS.
Non-major
Your account is only active for the quarter in which you are enrolled in a course under the Bren School of ICS. The account will automatically renew the next time you are enrolled in an appropriate course. If it has been two years since you have had an active account, you will have to create the account again.
Extension
Please bring in a receipt to CS 346L as proof that you have paid for your course/s. The lab manager will then extend your account for the quarter. You will have to do this at the beginning of each quarter.
Staff
Your account will be renewed by your supervisor annually.
Faculty
Your account will be automatically renewed annually.
You may extend accounts for your students/visitors annually.
Snapshot is only available for accounts on the TRON server. If you cannot find a .snapshot folder in your home directory (see below for steps), please contact helpdesk to do a file restore.
** Snapshots are taken daily for only up to 30 days **
Windows
Your home directory (generally H:) drive is automatically mapped if you are logged into a machine on the UCI-ICS domain. If you need to map your home directory, please refer to Mapping Home/Group Directory.
Navigate to where your deleted/corrupted file is on the H: drive (or whichever letter you assigned to your ICS mapped drive).
If your file is corrupted, you will need to rename it with a .old extension (e.g. filename.old).
Open another window and navigate to the .snapshot directory.
From the Start menu, go to Run and type in H:\~snapshot and hit OK.
You should now see folders named in yyyy-mm-dd_time.daily format. Find the most recent nightly folder where you file is intact.
Continue until you find the file that you want to restore.
Copy and paste the file from Step 2 into the window from Step 1.
The Helpdesk is a service of the ICS Computing Support Group. The purpose of the Helpdesk is to provide a single point of contact and record for technical support requests from ICS faculty, staff, and students.
Why a Helpdesk?
To improve the communications between the people who need services and
the people who provide services.
To organize service requests to ensure prompt and complete
service.
To simplify service request history through the database
underneath RT.
To increase services by allowing other groups within the
School to use
RT.
Closed for University
holidays; messages left activate page notification
by visiting CS 346:
Monday- Friday 8AM-11:30AM and 12:30PM-5PM
Closed for University
holidays
How does the ICS Helpdesk work?
The ICS Helpdesk uses a program called Request Tracker (RT). The RT system assigns
a unique number to each ticket, which helps keep track of each help request. Critical to the success
of
the Helpdesk, every request must be input to RT to be assigned a ticket
number,
whether the request originates as an e-mail message, phone message,
or walk-in visit. A general outline of the process follows.
E-MAIL MESSAGE
E-mail messages sent to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu are automatically input
to RT
and assigned a ticket number (#3 for purposes of this
explanation).
The Helpdesk analyst on duty will triage the ticket and
assign it
to the appropriate technician.
Once the ticket is assigned to a technician, the sender
of the original
request will be notified of the ticket number by e-mail.
Adding new information to the ticket is as simple as
sending another
e-mail to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu with this contained in the
subject line
of the message: [ics.uci.edu #3]
Please include the square brackets [ ] or simply reply to the original message leaving the subject line intact.
If the technician cannot resolve the request within one
working day,
the requestor will be notified of the estimated time of
completion
and an brief explanation of the delay.
Once the request is resolved, the ticket will be closed
and the requestor
will be notified by e-mail.
If the ticket is not resolved to the requestor's
satisfaction, the
ticket can re-opened by responding to the closed ticket
message and
the ticket, with its original number, will be re-entered into
RTs 'open'
queue.
TELEPHONE AND WALK IN
Helpdesk analysts will be responsible for creating tickets within
RT for all telephoned and walk-in requests.
Once the ticket is created by the Helpdesk analyst, the
process follows
the same path as outlined above.
What about e-mail messages sent to support@ics.uci.edu?
Messages sent to support@ics.uci.edu are still monitored. If
appropriate,
messages to 'support' will be forwarded to Helpdesk and assigned a
ticket
number.
To access a group account from a linux host, you must first login to one of the ICS hosts. Once logged in, you will then utilize the gsu module. If you would like to be part of an existing group account or to create a new group account, please send a request to helpdesk.
At the prompt, type:
gsu groupAccountName
If you get a "command not found" error, type:
module load gsu
If you get an error that says "you won't be doing that today," please check that your group account name is entered correctly and try again.
If you still get an error, please send an email message to helpdesk.
You will then be prompted for a password. Please type your ICS password.
You are now the groupAccountName user. However, you may still be in your own home directory.
To see if you are in the right place, at the prompt enter:
pwd
If you see /home/yourUsername then you need move to the group account home directory:
cd /home/groupAccountName
Done!
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who to contact @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/account/mapdrive_win.php
mapping home/group directory on windows @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
If you are using the UCInet Mobile Access (UCI wireless) or connecting from off-campus (including on-campus housing),
please make sure that you are connected via the UCI VPN first.
* The instructions below are for Windows 7 operating systems. If you are using Windows XP, the settings are the same, but the name of those settings will differ slightly (e.g. My Computer instead of Computer).
If you are on the campus wireless network or at an off-campus location (which includes on-campus housing), you need to connect to the campus VPNfirst. Please install the VPN client, as WebVPN will not work for the purposes of this discussion. Once you have connected to the VPN using your UCI credentials, you may continue.
Right click on Computer and select Map Network Drive...
Fill out the Drive and Folder information.
Drive: Choose any drive letter that is available (you can choose H: to match the setup on the ICS machines if preferred).
Folder: Fill in the path of where your home directory or group account is located.
Home directory: \\tron.ics.uci.edu\your_username
If you are running Windows 8, please enter: \\samba.ics.uci.edu\your_username
Group directory: \\samba.ics.uci.edu\group_acct_name
Please keep in mind that the server name may be different for
some users. If you cannot map with the above server
names, please
contact helpdesk
to
find out which server you should be mapping to.
If you would like to always have your network drive available,
check the box next to Reconnect at Logon. This
will cause
the network connection to be re-established at every
login so
you do not have to repeat this process every time. *** You will still need to establish a connection to the VPN each time.
If you are connecting from a machine which is not connected to the ICS domain (e.g. a laptop using wireless or your home desktop machine), please place a checkmark on Connect using a different credentials.
Username: your_username
Password: your_ics_password
* If Domain does not say UCI-ICS or ics.uci.edu, please enter your username in the form UCI-ICS\your_username
** For XP users: Please enter your username in the form UCI-ICS\your_username
Click OK and then Finish. You are now done.
Instructions with pictures
If you are on the campus wireless network or at an off-campus location (which includes on-campus housing), you need to connect to the campus VPNfirst. Please install the VPN client, as WebVPN will not work for the purposes of this discussion. Once you have connected to the VPN using your UCI credentials, you may continue.
Right click on Computer and select Map Network Drive...
Fill out the Drive and Folder information.
Drive: Choose any drive letter that is available (you can choose H: to match the setup on the ICS machines if preferred).
Folder: Fill in the path of where your home directory or group account is located.
Home directory: \\tron.ics.uci.edu\your_username
Group directory: \\samba.ics.uci.edu\group_acct_name
Please keep in mind that the server name may be different for some users. If you cannot map with the above server names, please contact helpdesk to find out which server you should be mapping to.
If you would like to always have your network drive available, check the box next to Reconnect at Logon. This will cause the network connection to be re-established at every login so you do not have to repeat this process everytime. *** You will still need to establish a connection to the VPN each time.
If you are connecting from a machine which is not connected to the ICS domain (e.g. a laptop using wireless or your home desktop machine), please place a checkmark on Connect using a different credentials.
Username: your_username
Password: your_ics_password
* If Domain does not say UCI-ICS or ics.uci.edu, please enter Username in the form UCI-ICS\your_username
** For XP users: Please enter Username in the form UCI-ICS\your_username
Click OK and then Finish. You are now done.
Common Errors
If you are on the UCI Mobile Access or are connecting from off-campus locations, please make sure that you are connected to the UCI VPN before trying to map the network drive.
Please make sure that you are entering in your ICS password and NOT your UCInetID password.
If you get an error about the path not found, please try replacing the server name with its corresponding IP address:
samba.ics.uci.edu - 128.195.1.18
tron.ics.uci.edu - 128.195.1.5
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/services/msoffice.php
how to activate ms office @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Microsoft Windows OS and Microsoft Office that are provided by Computing Support require periodic registration. These products need to contact the UCI-KMS license server at least every 6 months to keep them activated. To re-activate, you will need to be on the UCI network and start one of the Office programs. If you are off campus or on the UCI wireless, this can be accomplished by starting the UCI VPN client and then opening one of the Office programs.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/quarterlyAnnouncement/index.php
quarterly accouncements @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
ICS accounts are given bash shell by default, but there are other shells
available that users may change to. These other shells offer
improvements
such as tab completion. To change your shell, please go to the
below
website (if connecting from off-campus, please start up VPN
first).
Go to Password page and scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Change Unix (Solaris and Linux) Shell section.
Enter in your ICS username/password and select the shell that you want.
Using PuTTY or other SSH client, login to openlab.ics.uci.edu using your ICS credentials.
Rename your old shell login file for backup. For example, if you already have .cshrc then do
cp ~/.cshrc ~/.cshrc.old
Copy over a new copy of the login file for the shell that you have chosen:
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) provides computing
resources and worldwide network access to members of the UCI
electronic community for legitimate academic and administrative
pursuits to communicate, access knowledge, and retrieve and
disseminate information. As members sharing these resources, we
also share the rights and responsibilities of their use. The
following computer use policy documents
describe the shared rights and responsibilities as
well as the consequences of misuse. YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING AND FOLLOWING THESE POLICIES. We welcome
your use of campus computing resources and your cooperation.
In order to handle the many different software packages that are available here at ICS, we use a system called Modules. The Modules package is a system that will allow you to easily set your shell environment by selecting from different software packages.
Introduction
Modules is a system for configuring and maintaining the shell and environment variables needed to use various software packages. The Modules system is easy to use, has a built-in help facility, and runs on many platforms under many operating system versions.
Most importantly, Modules insulates you from the petty details of a package's installation. To use a software package, you usually have to add to your PATH and MANPATH variables, and you often have to set other application-specific or system variables as well. The Modules system frees you from having to know the precise pathnames to the various pieces of the package; from knowing what variables need to be set for the package to work; and from having to spend time tracking changes to all of this information.
The Basics of the Modules System
If you are using the bash shell, the following line contains the minimum code required in your shell configuration files:
source /opt/Modules/init/bash
You can see the different shell configuration files in our changing your shell page. Note that these lines should be the very first statements executed in the configuration files. This assures a well-configured environment for commands run later in your shell configuration files, as well as for later interactive sessions. Complete examples of a shell configuration files can be found on any ICS Linux or UNIX server in:
/pkg/ics/etc/skel
Modules commands come first, to guarantee a well-configured environment for other commands. Every time you login, these commands are automatically executed and your environment is set up.
Useful Module Commands
module avail
Lists all of the modules available at ICS (Note: Some of these may not be available on your particular system).
module display modulename
Prints out a short description of modulename, including the changes to your environment.
module showmodulename
Shows information about modulename. It is similar to the module display command.
module help modulename
Shows you where you can get help and report bugs with the software in the module.
module list
Displays the list of modules that you have currently loaded.
module load modulename
Loads the current default version for the software package modulename. If you need to use a different version, then run module load modulename/version.
module unload modulename
Removes the specified module package from your shell environment.
More Information about Modules
The ics-default module loads several commonly-used modules. You can add software packages to your environment by using the module load command, either interactively at the shell prompt or by adding the command to your shell configuration files. If you run the command interactively, it will affect your environment in that window for the current session only. If you wish the change to be permanent, you will need to add it to your shell configuration files. Following a few simple rules will let you personalize your environment safely: Modules commands should come before any direct setting of shell or environment variables. If you must assign a value to a variable that a module modifies (e.g. PATH and MANPATH), make sure you include the current value of that variable.
Using Modules Well
It is possible to make every command you will ever want to run available all the time, by loading all of the modules. This may seem desirable at first, but it has some drawbacks. Your environment will be needlessly bloated with packages you will rarely use. The negative effects of this are particularly noticeable when the man command has to search a long MANPATH. The time that it takes to login is increased since the system has to configure everything for each module you load. Some packages may be mutually incompatible or have undesireable interactions. Every shell you start (or window you open), executes your shell configuration files in order to load the PATH, MANPATH, and other variables needed. Running the module load command in a shell window only affects that shell.
Additional Information
Running the command
module help
lists the options of the Modules system. There are UNIX man pages for Modules (man module) and for modulerun. There is also a man page (man modulefile) with information on writing your own module file. The author of Modules is John L. Furlani of SunSoft. He presented a paper, "Modules: Providing a Flexible User Environment," at the USENIX LISA V conference held in San Diego, October 1991. The paper is available in the proceedings from that conference.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/web/personalpage.php
creating personal webpage @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
This document is a modified version of the
one written for UIUC by Ed Kubaitis.
Send comments or questions to webmaster@ics.uci.edu.
What is a Personal Web?
A personal webpage is a section of webspace in which you (as opposed to
the webmaster) have control over the contents. Our server allows a special subdirectory of your UNIX home directory
to act as an attachment to the server's document namespace (the part
of the URL which
follows http://www.ics.uci.edu/). Since this area is in your
home directory, it get counted as part of your quota. This is where your
homepage resides.
Learn about HTML and URLs
HTML is the HyperText Markup Language used for documents on the World
Wide Web. A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, the WWW address of a document
or other network resources. Although other document types (e.g. PostScript) can
be accessed through the Web, HTML is by far the best format for documents which
are intended to be read online. There are many good tutorials available online if you would like to find out more information about this topic.
Setting Up Your ~/public_html Directory
There are two ways to setup your publich_html directory.
Create the directory manually, then set the proper permissions.
Using your ICS account, login to one of the ICS servers via PuTTY or your preferred SSH client.
Once you sre logged in, make your home directory world searchable (711) or world
readable
(755). Use the chmod command to change file
permissions.
chmod 711 /home/you_username
run the command ls -la to check that you have set it up correctly. The first line of the output should disply something like:
drwx--x--x 62 your_username ugrad 18K Oct 16 10:00 ./
Create a subdirectory public_html in your home
directory. This directory must also be at least world readable (755).
mkdir public_html
chmod 755 public_html
Place the documents you want to serve in this directory or in further subdirectories. You can simply go to your home directory (H-drive on lab machines) to copy/paste files/folders into the public_html folder. For more instructions on how to map to your home directory, please see instructions for Windows or Mac.
All documents under ~/public_html should be world readable (644) and
all subdirectories should be world readable (755). Do not leave any auxiliary,
temp, scratch, backup, or
otherwise undesirable files under ~/public_html.
Run a script and answer the prompted questions.
Using your ICS account, log in to one of the ICS servers.
Run the command /pkg/ics/bin/make_my_web
All filenames must end with an appropriate extension (the part after the
last dot). For example, all HTML documents should have filenames ending in .html,
all text documents should have filenames ending in .txt, and all
PostScript documents should have filenames ending in .ps. Compressed documents
should have filenames ending in .extension.Z or .extension.gz (for compress or gzip
-9, respectively).
Also, please avoid using file/pathnames which are excessively long. Long
filenames make for long URLs which are difficult for users to type and problematic
for many WWW clients.
The URL for files in this directory is http://www.ics.uci.edu/~username/filename
For example, for login name peteranteater, the URL is http://www.ics.uci.edu/~peteranteater/myfile.html and will access ~peteranteater/public_html/myfile.html
The URL http://www.ics.uci.edu/~peteranteater/ (i.e. no filename)
is the same as http://www.ics.uci.edu/~peteranteater/index.html
So if you save your personal home page as the file ~/public_html/index.html,
people can access it with the short URL. You should always include the trailing
slash in URLs when referring to a directory --some servers can get confused
otherwise. If there is no file called index.html, the short URL
will generate a menu of all files if the directory is world readable (755) or
an error message if it is only world searchable (711).
For security reasons, never put symbolic links under ~/public_html which
point to directories outside of ~/public_html. Symbolic links
to other files are okay provided that both the link and its destination are
owned by the same user. Symbolic links from outside directories pointing to
destinations under ~/public_html are always okay.
Other Tips and Notes
You can test if things are working the way you want by checking them with your
favorite browser. For example, using Firefox, you can use the File, Open file menu item or by copy pasting your website's URL into your browser's address bar.
You can also inspect the HTML used for any document you find on the Web using
your favorite browser. With Firefox, use the View, Page source menu item to look at a page's source code.
Always remember that the whole world is watching what you do. Do not put anything in your personal webspace which is not intended to be public
information. Furthermore, you must always obey the Ethical
Use of Computing Resources guidelines to which you agreed before
receiving an ICS account. Please review those guidelines before making
any questionable material available to the World Wide Web. If you have any questions, feel free to email helpdesk.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/services/microsoft_dreamspark.php
Microsoft DreamSpark FAQ @ the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Q: Am I eligible to download Microsoft DreamSpark software?
If you are enrolled in any course(s) under the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences for credit, you are eligible to download Microsoft DreamSpark software. Faculty, instructors, and TAs are eligible to receive the software if you have an active ICS account.
Q: What software is available for download?
Please login to the Microsoft DreamSpark page and look under the Software section for an updated listing.
Q: What if I want a software that has not been made available?
If you need a particular software for a class or research project, please email helpdesk@ics.uci.edu with an explanation of why you need it and we will look into its availability. *NOTE: Microsoft Office is not included in the Microsoft DreamSpark program, but may be available via the Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP) at http://www.microsofthup.com or the Office 365 Pro Plus Personal Use Program at http://www.oit.uci.edu/microsoft-office-365-pro-plus
Q: How much do I need to pay for the software?
In an agreement with Microsoft, the Microsoft DreamSpark program provides this software free of charge. There is a small charge if you choose to have the installation CD mailed to you.
Q: What can the software being provided be used for?
The software is provided for instructional and non-profit research purposes. It cannot be used for infrastructure or profit.
Q: Do I have to uninstall the software once I graduate or once I am no longer a student of the Donald Bren School of ICS?
The license is perpetual. This means that you do not need to uninstall the software. The software and product keys you receive are yours to keep, but you will lose the ability to download Microsoft DreamSpark software once your ICS account expires. All free updates to the software, such as security updates and service packs, that are available to everyone through Windows Update, continue for the life-cycle of each product.
Alternatively, the CD/DVD creation system in CS 364 lab has a copy of each software (usually as an ISO). You can burn your own CDs/DVDs to take home or bring a USB flash drive and transfer the ISO files you might need. However, you will still need to login into the Microsoft DreamSpark site and "checkout/purchase" the software from their website to get the necessary product keys.
Q: Why is the size of the file I downloaded so small or unexecutable?
If you are downloading Microsoft DreamSpark software, the file that first gets downloaded may not have the .exe file extension. This has occurred when Mozilla Firefox is used as the browser. Add the .exe extension if necessary and double-click the file. It is a downloader file of a very small size that is used to download an SDC file. After the SDC file is downloaded, the downloader is required to extract the actual software from it.
Q: I am getting an error in the middle of my download, what does it mean?
In many cases, you should be able to figure out what is wrong by the content of the error code. If it is not immediately obvious what you should do, check the Download Error Help Page. If you still cannot complete your download, please send an email message to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu.
Q: How do I receive my login/password?
Please use your ICS account username and password to login to the Microsoft DreamSpark website.
Q: What is an SDC file and why can't I open or unpack it?
When you double click the executable file that you downloaded from Microsoft DreamSpark, it will ask you where to unpack the file. There will be an SDC file inside the folder you choose to store the downloaded file. This is a zip file that the Downloader executable will extract for you when the download is completed. You need to use the Downloader to extract the install files from the SDC file. The SDC file is safe to delete after the setup files are extracted from it.
Q: How much hard disk space do I need?
Some files require at least 2GB of space for the SDC file that is downloaded plus the files that are extracted from it. If you do not have enough disk space for the SDC and extracted files, you will need to download the file again in order to unzip the SDC file. Make sure you have enough disk space before proceeding to download.
Q: How can I reuse product keys issued to me if I need to reinstall my computer?
If you made a hardware change or replace your old computer and need to reinstall software that needs to be activated, such as Windows 7, 8.1, 10, Visio, or Project, the first step is to try and re-enter the same key that was originally obtained from the Microsoft DreamSpark website. Alternatively, if the software activation prompt provides a telephone number or other means to contact Microsoft, try contacting a representative regarding the situation with the Microsoft DreamSpark key you are attempting to use.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/services/printing.php
printing @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
* Before installing Sophos, please make sure that you do not have any other anti-virus programs already installed.
** If you already have Sophos installed and has problem updating, please uninstall it following the instructions here. Then do a re-install using the instructions below.
*** If you are connecting from off campus or if you are on the UCI wireless network, please make sure that you are connected via the UCI VPN first before proceeding.
From the Finder menu, click on Go and select Connect to Server.
For the server address, enter:
smb://sophos-server.ics.uci.edu/sophos_mac
Enter your ICS username and password.
Navigate to the folder that matches your OS X install, and double click on the .dmg file to mount the drive.
Once the drive is mounted, double click on the Sophos Anti-Virus.pkg file to start the install. NOTE: Do not check "Install Sophos Client Firewall" as this might cause issues with UCI's VPN. Leave "Remove third-party security software" checked.
Once the installation completes, click on the Sophos shield on the top right corner and select Open Sophos Anti-Virus Preferences.
Click on Auto Update, then click on the lock in the lower left corner to allow the following changes to be made.
Update from Primary Location: Network Volume
Address:smb://sophos-server.ics.uci.edu/SophosUpdate/CIDs/S000/ESCOSX NOTE: The address is case-sensitive; S000 is capital S followd by 3 zeroes.
Username: your ICS username
Password: your ICS password
Click on the lock to prevent further changes and close the window.
Click on the Sophos shield up at the top again and select Update Now.
Updates need to be performed manually. It is recommended that you do this weekly to obtain the latest virus definitions. Sophos has a new version released each month so, once a month, the update will take longer as a new version needs to be downloaded and installed. *** If you are connecting from off campus or if you are on the UCI wireless network, you will need to be connected via the VPN in order to do the update.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/policy/ethics_summary.php
summary of ethical computing policy @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
This document is intended to remind you of the key points
covered in the document Ethical Use
of Computing
Resources which you read in order to get an account. If
you have
any questions about the information in this document, you
can reread
the ethics document by visting
Ethical Use of Computing Resources,
you can send an email message to helpdesk,
or you can
visit CS 346.
Ethical Behavior
The two most important points in the ethics document are
that:
If you are an existing ICS Faculty, Staff, or Graduate Student, then you will need to login to https://elnino.ics.uci.edu to specify your email delivery point. Note: from off-campus locations, you must use the UCI VPN client.
Under Forwarding Address, specify your delivery point. For ICS GMail and UCI, leave the textbox empty. For Other, you will need to specify the email address where your ICS e-mail will be delivered in the textbox.
Note: Faculty may be presented with the following information when logging into elnino.com. Click on the My Account button, as indicated below, in order to bring up the above page.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/linux/hosts.php
cycle servers and grid engine @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Accessing your home directory from a Unix/Linux host is as simple as logging in. You may log in remotely from any host using a secure protocol such as SSH2. For Windows users, PuTTY is recommended and can be downloaded for free. For Mac users, you can use the terminal (found under Applications -> Utilities).
Students: openlab.ics.uci.edu (also known as archer.ics.uci.edu)
Faculty: emp.ics.uci.edu
There is an instance of the Sun Grid Engine software that is used to help faciliate running multiple jobs on the openlab. Please see our SGE page for more information.
New to Linux or UNIX? See this excellent introduction by Princeton for getting started with Linux command line.
To get more information on accessing and viewing available software on the servers, see our Modules page.
openlab.ics.uci.edu
Quad 2.4GHz 16-core AMD Opteron 6378 CPUs
512GB RAM
64-bit CentOS Linux
1TB scratch space
1 machine
Dual 2.2GHz Single Core AMD Opteron 252 CPUs
16GB RAM
64-bit CentOS Linux
30GB scratch space
13 machines
Dual dual-core AMD Opteron 2212HE
16GB RAM
64-bit CentOS Linux
400GB scratch space
2 machines
Dual Intel Pentium 3.0GHz
4GB RAM
64-bit CentOS Linux
400GB scrach space
3 machines
andromeda-#.ics.uci.edu where # is 1-40
2x Quad-core Intel Xeon 3.0GHz CPU E5450 CPUs
32GB RAM
64-bit CentOS Linux 6.6
500GB scratch space
40 machines
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/web/faqs.php
web faqs @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
No. If this is for a class, contact your instructor or TA. Otherwise,
there many good HTML resources online. Use your favorite search engine to search for information on WWW programming.
If you are a graduate student or visiting researcher or faculty,
please send an email message to webmaster@ics.uci.edu. We do not link home pages to servers outside the campus. Please
do not waste your time and our time by making such a request.
We do not permit users to have or use cgi-bin scripts other
than those already on the server: calendar, date,
finger, fortune, imagemap
and uptime.
What sort of webpages
are allowed on this server?
Only static html webpages are allowed on the main webserver. PHP webpages are
not allowed.
Is there a server where
I can run PHP and cgi scripts?
You may login to the UNIX server students.ics.uci.edu and create
a webspace for yourself. Login and create a public_html folder. If you want to run cgi scripts, create a .htaccess file inside the public_html folder with the following options:
The URL would be http://students.ics.uci.edu/~loginname. For security reasons these systems are stand-alone and do not mount
any NFS based directories, such as /home or /extra. You will
need to SSH and download applications directly to the system or
use SCP software like WinSCP. The servers are not backed up, so you
need to do it manually. A great tool for doing such would be using the rsync command. You will be responsible for maintaining the security of your website. If you download an application, make sure you check for updates regularly or sign up for the application's
mailing list.
Since your personal web space is contained in your home directory,
it is included in your quota. For more information on quotas, see
ICS Instructional Quotas.
Email messages are forwarded to your @uci.edu email address automatically.
Vacation/Spam Filtering
ICS Gmail (ICS Google Apps) For users who have already migrated to ICS Gmail, to set automatic out-of-office and vacation replies, please see the instructions here. Spam filtering is provided by Gmail. You may set your mail forwarding at elnino.ics.uci.edu. Please follow the set up instructions here.
ICS IMAP/POP users Spam filtering, automatic out-of-office and vacation replies, mail forwarding, and white listing are available on all ICS accounts. The easiest way to configure your email account is using mailboss.ics.uci.edu.
Email Access
Using a Client
Thunderbird: It is the recommended and the only fully supported client at ICS.
This tutorial is based on Thunderbird 24.3.0. If you're using a different version, the naming convention may differ, but the settings will remain the same.
This guide shows how to setup and access your ICS Gmail account via a web browser and/or Thunderbird.
Activating your ICS Gmail Account
If you have not changed your ICS password recently (since summer 2013), go to My Account at elnino.ics.uci.edu to change it. You may skip Steps 1 and 2 if you already completed them as illustrated here.
Set your email forwarding to ICS Gmail by selecting ICS Gmail at elnino.ics.uci.edu, too. Save your new settings. The changes can take up to two hours to propagate.
Activate your ICS Gmail by visiting www.gmail.com and entering your ICS credentials (username@ics.uci.edu and your ICS password). If you already have a personal Gmail account, you will need to click Add an Account to proceed. If your password was successfully changed, you should be able to log in and will receive a welcome agreement/screen. Please accept and continue to UCI Gmail's inbox. If you wish to read your ICS mail only via a web browser, you can stop here. Otherwise, continue.
If you will be using Thunderbird (or any other mail client) to read your ICS Gmail mail, you need to enable Gmail's IMAP feature at www.gmail.com. Select the Gear symbol on your top right corner, Settings, Forwarding and POP/IMAP, Enable Map, and Save Changes.
Now, choose which folders you want to display on your email client. Select the Gear symbol on your top right corner, Settings, Labels, and click on Show and Show in IMAP as needed.
Next, you will add your newly-created ICS Gmail account to Thunderbird.
Configuring Thunderbird for ICS Gmail
Start Thunderbird for the first time or go to Tools, Account Settings, down to Account Actions, select, and Add Mail Account if you have existing accounts configured on Thunderbird.
In the Mail Account Setup window, enter your name and email address. Enter your password here if you want to have it remembered. Click Continue.
Thunderbird will now attempt to look for the IMAP information. Please make sure that you have IMAP selected.
Click on Manual config in the lower left corner. Enter the information as follows:
Incoming
IMAP
Server hostname: imap.gmail.com
Port: 993
SSL: SSL/TLS
Authentication: Normal password
Outgoing
Server hostname: smtp.gmail.com
Port: 587
SSL: STARTTLS
Authentication: Normal password
Username: username@ics.uci.edu
Click Re-test and then Done.
If you did not choose to have your password saved, you will now be prompted to enter your email password.
Go to Tools and select Account Settings. Under your new account's Server Settings, click on the Advanced button to your right.
Make sure that IMAP server directory is empty.
Uncheck Show only subscribed folders if checked.
Uncheck Allow server to override these namespaces if checked.
If you have multiple accounts, you might want to display your ICS Gmail account first. To do so, on Account Settings, select your ICS Gmail account from the left pane, Account Actions at the bottom, Set as Default. Please restart to have the changes applied.
If you want multiple accounts and want to use ICS Gmail to send emails, on Account Settings, select Outgoing Server (SMTP) at the bottom of the left pane. Select smtp.gmail.com and click on Set Default. Make sure that your SMTP username is listed as username@ics.uci.edu. Click OK.
You may copy signatures between accounts. On Account Settings, select the account you want to copy the signature from on the left pane, go to Signature text on the right and copy whatever text/file path you have set there. Now select the account you want to copy the signature to and paste whatever text/file path you copied.
This last step is optional. If you have many email messages, you may want to disable Message Synchronizing so that your email loads more quickly.
On Account Settings, select Synchronization & Storage for your new account.
Uncheck Keep messages for this account on this computer.
Now you may start drag and dropping messages and folders within your accounts. Please note that if your folders contain thousands of messages, it will take a long time to complete the transfer. Plan accordingly. If you have any questions, email helpdesk@ics.uci.edu.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/policy/ethics.php
ethical computing policy @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
As a student you are probably aware of certain ethical
responsibilities
you have, such as honesty in doing classwork. Another area
in which
you have important ethical responsibilities is in your use
of computing
resources. This document describes some of these
responsibilities
and explains Bren School of ICS policy on student use of
computing resources.
Some of these policies might be different from what you
would expect,
so please read over and understand this document. As a
student, you are
responsible for being aware of these policies and abiding by
them.
The ICS department provides for you, the student, a wide
range
of computing resources from X-Terminals to PC's to large
multiuser
UNIX systems. These machines are expensive to buy and
expensive to
maintain, but it is our goal to provide you with the very
best computing
environment that we can. Many users depend on these
computers for
doing class assignments, research, and for communications.
We are
a community of computer users, and like any community we can
all
make the best use of our resources if we establish some
guidelines
for how we can use them responsibly.
Some computing facilities, such as those which hold
classified
data, may establish expensive and complex security systems.
In our
department we do not do this; we have some security
mechanisms which
greatly decrease the risk that one user will accidentally
interfere
with another, but it does not require great ingenuity to get
around
these mechanisms. As a result, we need to trust the people
who use
our machines.
The fundamental principle behind our policies is this: Do
No Harm.
While using the computers, you should never do anything that
harms
another user or prevents him or her from getting work done.
If you have any questions about these rules, or if you
suspect
that an account (yours or someone else's) has been broken
into, please
contact the ICS Computing Support Group. To do this, send an email message to
the address helpdesk@ics.uci.edu,
or go to Support's office, CS 346 and explain the problem.
Computer Accounts
The Bren School of ICS has a wide range of computers
available, located
in several different labs. Some of these labs are open only
to people
enrolled in certain classes while some are available for general
drop-in
use. Each ICS student is given both a Windows account and a
UNIX account
to use on the lab workstations. Different courses will require
different
platforms to be used. Non ICS-majors will be given accounts
only if required
for an ICS course in which they are enrolled.
All ICS computers are to be used only by ICS students,
faculty,
and staff. People outside ICS who wish to use computers
should see the friendly people in Office of Information Technology. They
provide computing services for non-ICS affiliated students. You can find a list of computer labs available to all UCI students here.
Any computer account created for you remains the property
of the
Regents of the University of California. You are
responsible for
this account, and you may not allow any other person to use
it. The
primary purpose of your account is to allow you to carry out
your
computing assignments and other instructional activities.
You may
also make modest use of these resources for other purposes,
such
as sending electronic mail to friends on campus, reading the
electronic
bulletin boards, and playing games, provided that this usage
does
not significantly interfere with instructional use of the
machines.
An example of how one might "significantly interfere" would
be to tie up a computer for game-playing when no other
computers
are free and someone else is waiting to use the computer to
do an
assignment. If you have a game or other program you would
like to
make available to other users, please give it to the system
administrator
for public installation. You may contact the system
administrator
via email.
You may not use the machines for commercial purposes, such
as preparing
bills for your company or advertising products, or for work
related
to non-UCI organizations, such as an off-campus political or
religious
groups. More details about this are given below. If you are
in doubt
about whether some use of the machines is allowed, ask helpdesk.
Ethical Behavior
Here is a list of some examples of activities that the
department
does not allow. If a student makes such unethical use of
ICS computers,
he or she will be subjected to the penalties described in the Disciplinary
Procedures section.
You may not introduce viruses, worms, Trojan horses,
password
cracking, keystroke logging, or login spoofing programs on
any University computer
or network. In fact, because of the serious damage such
programs
can cause, the Bren School of ICS faculty have adopted a
policy which
forbids students even to have these types of programs in
their
accounts or to place them onto any ICS computer.
You may
not store such a program on a departmental computer even
if you
only wish to study it.
You may not try to use equipment or accounts that you
are not permitted to use.
You may not interfere with others' ability to make use
of the
resources. For example, it might be reasonable to lock a
workstation
if you need to leave the room for two or three minutes,
but it is not
reasonable to lock it while you leave to buy lunch.
Another example
would be logging on to a significant fraction of the
available machines at once,
thus preventing others from fair use of the lab machines.
You may not destroy other people's work either in
electronic or physical form.
You may not "spy" on people, that is, you may not
attempt to
gain information from their accounts or from their
external drives when there
is good reason to believe that they do not wish you to
obtain that information.
This includes both attempting to violate the protection
facilities provided
by the system and also taking deliberate advantage of
someone else's
failure to protect sensitive information on their account.
This works
both ways; faculty, staff, and members of Computing Support
also have the
responsibility to respect the privacy of the student. For
example, it would
be unethical for a faculty member to browse through
your personal messages just out of curiosity, even if they
have a security
level that allows them to do so. We do, however retain
the right to inspect
material on your account when this is necessary to
investigate a suspected
violation of university rules, such as a cheating incident
or a violation
of the rules in this document.
You may not send mail that appears to come from someone
else.
You may not advertise any commercial products or use
your account to earn
money.
Disciplinary Procedures
What happens if you violate any of these rules? It depends on
the seriousness of
the offense, but it could be one or more of the following.
Disciplinary procedures and
sanctions will be consistent with those outlined in the UCI
Implementation of "Interim
Policies and Procedures Applying to Campus Activities,
Organizations, and Students, Part A.''
You may be required to meet with the chair of the Computing
Resources Committee (CRC),
the Dean of the Bren School, or the manager of the Bren School
Support Group to discuss
abuse of computing resources.
Your account may be locked. (Again, we recognize an
obligation to respect your rights
as well. No student account will be locked without discussion and
approval of the Dean of
the Bren School, or the chair of the CRC, except in the case of
security violations. It
would not be ethical for us to lock your account capriciously;
for example, we agree not
to lock it simply because you send a message to a board
expressing disagreement with some
Department policy or action).
For minor infractions, some form of departmental services
(e.g., cleaning a lab) may
be requested in exchange for unlocking the account.
For offenses involving abusing computing resources, cheating
on course-related work, or
preventing others from working on assignments, your grade may be
lowered in the class or you
may receive a failing grade.
For severe offenses, or repeating minor offenses, you may
lose access to all Bren School
computing facilities for a period of time. Access to computing resources can be denied for a limited
time (e.g., one week, the remainder of the quarter, an entire
quarter) or permanently.
You may be suspended or dismissed from the University.
In serious cases, your name and a description of the
violation may be reported to the
police. California Penal Code Section 502 makes certain computer
abuses a crime, and the associated penalties can range up to a $10,000 fine and up to three years in
prison.
Good Citizenship
Your cooperation in the following areas will help us make
efficient use of the computing
resources and will avoid unnecessary impositions on the time of
faculty, staff, and other
students. These are not the sort of things which we can expect to
enforce rigidly; rather,
we are asking your cooperation for the benefit of the whole
departmental community. Violations
of these guidelines would not ordinarily result in any of the
penalties listed above beyond
number one, unless they were especially flagrant or persist after
faculty or staff have
asked you to stop.
Please be careful not to use the computer to annoy people,
for example by sending
them messages which they do not wish to receive. (The mail
system makes it rather easy
to send a message to a very large group of people; please be
responsible in your use
of this capability. In particular, when you reply to a message
sent to a large group,
avoid cc'ing your reply to the entire group unless it is a
matter of interest to them.)
Please be careful not to annoy students in the lab for any
reason. The lab is not a
library, but we ask that each student do his/her part to help to
maintain a pleasant working
environment for all. Activities that are not conducive to a
pleasant work environment include,
but are not limited to: listening to music at a volume that is
distracting to others, carrying
on loud or inappropriate conversations, excessive or distracting
cell phone use, failure to
leave your workstation clean and ready for the next student,
etc.
Please do not waste anything (i.e., paper, disk space,
CPU time, personnel time, etc.).
Please throw away all trash and put your old printouts in the
recycling bins.
Acknowledgments
Some of these polices are adapted from those used by the UCLA CS
Department. They adapted
some of their polices from Columbia University and the California
Institute of Technology.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/contact/
contacting ics computing support @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The ICS Computing Support group serves the Bren School of ICS Community. Before contacting us, please refer to our website as most issues have been addressed there already. If you still cannot find the answer that you are looking for, please refer to the following on how to contact us.
A list of who to contact depending on the issue that you are experiencing
Located on the first floor of the Computer Science Building.
Please click on the room number above to view
the reservation schedule for the current quarter. Lab reservation schedules
are also posted outside each lab door.
Monday - Friday
8:00AM to 8:00PM
Saturday - Sunday
Closed
CS193 Reserved for Project Class in Software
System Design
Located on the first floor of the Computer Science Building. To get
access to this lab, you must be enrolled in Informatics 191.
Please read the class policy.
From the Finder, click Go,
then select Connect to Server.
In the Server Address, enter one of the following and click Connect.
Home directory: smb://tron.ics.uci.edu/your_username
If you are running Mavericks, please enter: smb://samba.ics.uci.edu/your_username
Group directory: smb://samba.ics.uci.edu/group_acct_name
For Name, enter uci-ics\yourusername then enter your ICS password and click Connect.
Your account is now mapped.
If you would like to save the mapped drive as a shortcut, drag the newly mapped drive over to DEVICES on the left.
When you map the drive next time, it will automatically show up under DEVICES.
Instructions with pictures
From the Finder, click on Go, then select Connect to Server.
In the Server Address, enter one of the following and click Connect.
Home directory: smb://tron.ics.uci.edu/your_username
If you are running Mavericks, please enter: smb://samba.ics.uci.edu/your_username
Group directory: smb://samba.ics.uci.edu/group_acct_name
For Name, enter uci-ics\yourusername then enter your ICS password and click Connect.
Your account is now mapped.
If you would like to save to save the mapped drive as a shortcut, drag the drive over to
DEVICES on the left.
When you map the drive next time, it will automatically show up
under DEVICES
Common Errors
If you are on the UCI Mobile Access or are connecting from off-campus locations, please make sure that you are connected to the UCI VPN before trying to map the network drive.
Please make sure that your entering in your ICS password and NOT your UCInetID password.
If you get an error about the path not found, please try replacing the server name with its corresponding IP address:
samba.ics.uci.edu - 128.195.1.18
tron.ics.uci.edu - 128.195.1.5
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/services/sophos_win.php
sophos anti-virus on windows @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
* Before installing Sophos, please make sure that you do not have any other anti-virus programs already installed.
** If you are connecting from off campus or if you are on the UCI wireless network, please make sure that you are connected via the UCI VPN first before proceeding.
Right-click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive.
Select any drive letter for the drive and enter the following path for the Folder:
\\sophos-server.ics.uci.edu\sophos
Click on Connect using a different user name and enter your ICS username and password.
Username: <your_username>@ics.uci.edu
Password: ICS password
Double click on sav_103_sa_sfx.exe.
Note: You can also copy the entire content of the folder on to another folder on your computer and then run sav_103_sa_sfx.exe.
Continue through the setup by clicking on Install, Next, etc until you get to Update Source. For the Address, enter:
and enter your ICS username and password. NOTE: Do not check "Install Sophos Client Firewall" as this might cause issues with UCI's VPN. Leave "Remove third-party security software" checked.
Proceed through the remaining setup windows to begin the install. When the process has completed, you should now see a blue shield icon in your system tray. Right click on it and select Open Sophos Endpoint Security and Control.
Click on Configure updating and verify the information that you previously entered during setup.
Go under the Schedule tab and modify the time interval between updates to your liking. This will enable automatic updating but will only work if you are on campus or connected to the VPN when the program tries to update itself.
Right click on the blue shield icon again and click on Update Now.
If you get an error "Could not contact server" and you are off campus, make sure you are connected to the VPN. If you are, then right click on the blue shield icon in the system tray and select Open Sophos Endpoint Security and Control and click on Configure updating.
Click on Primary Server and change the address you entered in Step 5. by replacing the portion sophos-server.ics.uci.edu with 128.195.1.249 to get: \\128.195.1.249\SophosUpdate\CIDs\S000\SAVSCFXP\
Select Update Now again.
Updates usually need to be performed manually. It is recommended that you do this weekly to obtain the latest virus definitions. Sophos has a new version released each month so, once a month, the update will take longer as a new version needs to be downloaded and installed. *** If you are connecting from off campus or if you are on the UCI wireless network, you will need to be connected via the VPN in order to do the update.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/contact/staff.php
ics support staff @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The ICS Computing Support Group supports research, administrative, and instructional computing within ICS. For information about ICS computer lab facilities, see ICS Lab Support.
For a list of email contacts for specific issues, please see Who do I contact...
The ICS grid contains groups of both public and research distributed computing clusters. These clusters are unified by the Sun Grid Engine (SGE) where jobs are submitted, scheduled, and dispatched according to available resources. Jobs may embed requests for certain types of resources or these can be requested at time of submission. Your job will be queued and dispatched when the appropriate resources are available.
Research clusters are owned by various faculty members and have dedicated nodes to run their computing jobs. Trying to submit jobs directly to these clusters will result in jobs being rejected or access being denied unless appropriate permissions are previously granted. The ICS grid also has public clusters for general use. These have wall clock limits so that the general public may have a turn on the grid. Below is a listing of the public queues.
Public Queue
OS
Runtime Limit
Slots
12hour.q
CentOS 6 (RHEL 6) x86_64
12 hours
48
15day.q
CentOS 6 (RHEL 6) x86_64
15 days
48
For a list of all queues you can query SGE:
$ qconf -sql
To get details on a particular queue, such as time, nodes, access, etc.:
$ qconf -sq 12hour.q
How do I request an account?
All ICS accounts can access the public queues. Contact helpdesk in order to get access to research queues.
How do I access my account?
Linux/Solaris/MacOS:
To access the grid simply login via ssh since these systems have ssh installed by default.
$ ssh -Y icsusername@openlab.ics.uci.edu
Windows:
On Windows, use the free PuTTY application or one of these alternatives. Telnet access is NOT available. If you use ssh without the -Y or -X option, you will not be able to view X11 graphics.
I am logged in, now what?
Once you are logged in, you have access to a shell for which you can access ICS computing resources such as our software stack along with the grid. In order to access these, you must know a few commands before you begin.
$ module load sge
Let's go over the command above. The module command allows you to load specific software applications out of the software stack. In this case, the application is SGE. This will setup essential environment variables in order to run the commands provided by sge. You may edit your shell rc files to automatically load sge if that is your primary use or even if you find it convenient so you do not have to run it at every login. There are no additional resources taken up if you decide not to use it even with the module loaded as the command will only modify your environment variables.
For more on modules and our software stack, please visit our module page.
I loaded SGE, what commands can I run?
For starters, the first command to get accustomed to is qstat. If you run qstat alone, you will see nothing for the first time because by default it displays the status for submitted jobs. To get a full listing run:
$ qstat -f
Once you submit a job, you will be given a job id to track the detail of job completion.
$ qstat -j «job_id»
This command will give you better detail as to why your job is sitting in the queue waiting to be dispatched. Resources may be busy, so you will have to wait and sit tight. If your job sits in the queue for too long, especially in our 12-hour or 15-day-long public queues, please email helpdesk to assist you in looking at the queues more thoroughly.
You can also delete a job using its id number.
$ qdel «job_id»
Now, let's submit your first job! The simple method is to not request any particular resource constraints, such as memory, platform, or SGE queues.
$ qsub /auto/sge-6.2u5/examples/jobs/sleeper.sh
This simple script, once dispatched, will run on an SGE selected host and sleep for a given number of seconds. This exciting script is used to test that the basic SGE scheduling is working. It is a good idea to test and run it at times when your custom scripts and/or applications refuse to run. You can test particular SGE queues by specifying a queue request during submission, as follows:
There are various requests that can be made. You can read about them in the man pages. The usage page is a valuable resource for your routine tasks of using the grid more effectively. For example, you may use job arrays for scenarios that require running several identical jobs which will work on different datasets. You would submit a job array of an appropriate size to do that. Otherwise, we would bombard the scheduler with hundreds of thousands of jobs. This could result in bringing down the scheduler and you explaining to your colleagues that you single-handedly brought SGE down as they are on a deadline.
How do I get files/scripts to and from my account?
For systems managed by Computing Support, you will find that your UNIX home directory has already been mounted via NFS. All of our nodes on the grid automount your home directories as well as our software stack mentioned above via the use of modules. If this is your case, then you are already off on the right foot and have it easy when it comes to transporting files to and from your ICS account for use on the grid.
For systems not managed by ICS, the easiest way of transporting files is using secure copy, i.e. scp. Besides the command line scp utility bundled with all Linux, Solaris, and Mac hosts, there are GUI clients for MacOS and Windows, and of course, Linux. If you have large collections of files or large individual files that change only partially, you might be interested in using rsync as well.
For Windows users, we recommend the free WinSCP application, which gives you a graphical interface for SCP, SFTP, and FTP. Machines within the Windows UCI-ICS domain will already have their H: drive mounted, so you can just drag and drop directly to your home directory.
For Mac OS X users, we recommend the free, though oddly named, Cyberduck application, which provides graphical file browsing via FTP, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV, and even Amazon S3(!). Macs also have access to your UNIX home directory, so you can easily drag and drop files.
For Linux and Solaris users, we recommend utilizing the built-in capabilities of KDE's Swiss-army-knife browser Konqueror or twin-panel file manager Krusader. Both support the secure file browser kio-plugin called fish. Advanced users should read the document How to Move Data, which discusses in detail how to transfer large amounts of data over the network. Again if you have a Linux or Solaris install from ICS, you will have your home directory mounted and accessible from your desktop.
How do I use the grid?
There are basically two good uses for SGE. The Sun Grid Engine scheduler controls all the access to the grid's computing nodes. All jobs must use the qsub or qrsh commands, which submit jobs to the grid in an orderly fashion. There are policies in place to prevent a single user from dominating the machine by flooding the queue with jobs, particularly a 12-hour and 14-day wallclock limit for longer jobs on our public queues. THIS SYSTEM IS NOT FOOLPROOF. Please be courteous and run as few simultaneous jobs as possible, particularly if you notice that there is a lot of usage (with the qstat command).
You can check the status of the batch queue backlog using the qstat and qhost commands. For more information see the section on Monitoring and Controlling Jobs from the wiki.
Send email to helpdesk@ics.uci.edu if you have complaints about your job turnaround or if you need special scheduling considerations to meet a project deadline.
Batch submission
Use the qsub command to submit a job script to the grid. A job script consists of UNIX directives, comments, and executable statements. It is important to remember that all the commands in the job script execute serially on the node that runs your script.
TIP: When your script begins execution the working directory is your home directory. Use the -cwd option with qsub to use the current working directory (wherever you currently are). Output and error will be directed wherever you happen to be, allowing for a cleaner environment. Otherwise stdout and stderr go to your home directory.
SGE provides an abundant number of examples for you to start out with. You can find them located at $SGE_ROOT/examples, or just Google "SGE examples" and you will have plenty of references.
There are several things to look out for when using batch submissions.
Submitting a large set of jobs. This has the affect of saturating the scheduler to a crawl and at times making it inaccessible to you and everyone else on the grid. The best solution is to use job arrays.
If you chain jobs, remember to check the status of the previous job before spawning another qsub. This will prevent the system from flooding the scheduler with failed jobs.
Remember that for your convenience we automounted your home directory along with our software stack. Please be aware that if you flood the scheduler with jobs that mount a software stack or access data from your home directory, your scripts will fail trying to look up a file or directory. If you encounter this, please make sure to make create more robust scripts by adding random timers or give the lookup some time to return your mounts.
Interactive
The submission of interactive jobs instead of batch jobs is useful in situations where a job requires your direct input to influence the job results. Such situations are typical for X Windows applications or for tasks in which your interpretation of immediate results is required to steer further processing.
You can create interactive jobs in three ways:
qlogin – An rlogin-like session that is started on a host selected by the Grid Engine software.
qrsh – The equivalent of the standard UNIX rsh facility. A command is executed remotely on a host selected by the Grid Engine system. If no command is specified, a remote rlogin session is started on a remote host.
qsh – An xterm that is displayed from the machine that is running the job. The display is set corresponding to your specification or to the setting of the DISPLAY environment variable. If the DISPLAY variable is not set, and if no display destination is defined, the Grid Engine system directs the xterm to the 0.0 screen of the X server on the host from which the job was submitted.
The default handling of interactive jobs differs from the handling of batch jobs. Interactive jobs are not queued if the jobs cannot be executed when they are submitted. When a job is not queued immediately, the user is notified that the cluster is currently too busy.
You can change this default behavior with the -now no option to qsh, qlogin, and qrsh. If you use this option, interactive jobs are queued like batch jobs. When you use the -now yes option, batch jobs that are submitted with qsub can also be handled like interactive jobs. Such batch jobs are either dispatched for running immediately, or they are rejected.
Where can I get more information on grid computing?
The best resource is always the user documentation. Your peers are the next best source since they may already have experience using the grid for what may be the very purpose you might need.
Where do I report problems?
Please contact helpdesk if you have problems accessing the grid or if there is a failure beyond normal script logic failures. We are here to make sure that the grid is operational and that you have access so that you can make full use of the grid. When emailing please articulate what problem(s) you are experiencing, what scripts you are trying to run, and how you are submitting them to the grid. Please copy/paste any relevant error messages. This will help us troubleshoot the problem in a timely fashion.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/email/google_apps.php
group account email @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Please login into Mailboss using your ICS account information.
Spam Filter
If you choose to, you can have Mailboss run a spam filter on your mail. Your email client can also do this. When scanned, each email message is assigned a spam score. The higher the score, the more likely that it is spam. You can then choose what to do depending on the level of the score.
Vacation
This will be dependent on your particular email provider. If you are using ICS Gmail, these are the directions.
Quota Check
You can have the system send you a reminder when you are close to hitting the limit on your quota. Please specify the minimum amount of free space left before you get a notice.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/account/quota.php
account quota @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Each account type is assigned a different amount of quota as listed below. If your advisor has his/her own space, you may request for your account to be moved there. This may result in a higher quota. Please check with your advisor for details.
If you need more space, please try using the Student Extra Space (not backed up). To access this storage, ssh into openlab.ics.uci.edu, navigate to /extra/ugrad_space, and create a folder with your username, for example: /extra/ugrad_space/peter. Please be aware that anything that you store here will not be backed up, so plan accordingly.
In this example, Suzie Anteater has a quota of 2 MB, and a hard limit of
4 MB. She has used 1.4 MB worth of space and has 209 files in her
account.
An account that is over quota.
peteranteater% /usr/sbin/quota -v Disk quotas for panteater (uid 4567): Filesystem usage quota limit timeleft files quota limit timeleft /home/panteater 2404 4000 4000 3.0 days 209 0 0
In this example, Peter's usage is above the quota limit, and unless
his quota is brought down below the limit within 3 days, he will be
locked out of his account, or he may lose files.
Quota Reminder
Would you like to receive a reminder when you are almost maxing out your quota? Please login to Mailboss and choose when to receive such notifications.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/email/thunderbird_setup.php
thunderbird setup @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
This tutorial is based on Thunderbird 24.1.0. If you're using a different version, the naming convention may differ, but the settings will remain the same.
Start up Thunderbird for the first time (or go to Tools, Account Settings, Account Actions, Add Mail Account)
In the Mail Account Setup window, enter your name and email address. Enter your password here if you want to have it remembered. Click Continue.
Thunderbird will now attempt to look for the IMAP information. Please make sure that you have IMAP selected.
Click on Manual config in the lower left corner to make sure that the information is as follow:
Incoming
IMAP
Server hostname: imap.ics.uci.edu
Port: 993
SSL: SSL/TLS
Authentication: Normal password
Outgoing
UCI SMTP. If you're connecting from a laptop or from off campus, please use the UCI SMTP server settings or your ISP server settings.
For UCI SMTP, see settings from step number 7 in the link provided.
ICS SMTP. If your machine is in on the UCI-ICS domain, please use the following settings.
Server hostname: smtp.ics.uci.edu
Port: 587
SSL: STARTTLS
Authentication: Normal password
Username: <your username>
Click Re-test and then Done
If you did not choose to have your password saved, you will now be prompted to enter your email password.
Go to Tools and select Account Settings
Under Server Settings, click on the Advanced button
Make sure that IMAP server directory is empty
Uncheck Show only subscribed folders
Uncheck Allow server to override these namespaces
This last step is optional. If you have many email messages, you may want to disable Message Synchronizing so that your email loads more quickly.
While still on Account Settings window, select Synchronization & Storage
Uncheck Keep messages for this account on this computer
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/services/restore.php
file restore request @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The ICS Computing Support group serves the Bren School of ICS Community. Before contacting us, please refer to our website as most issues have been addressed there already. If you still cannot find the answer that you are looking for, please refer to the following on how to contact us.
A list of who to contact depending on the issue that you are experiencing
Your ICS account is used to access ICS resources, such as the computers in the ICS labs, your ICS email account, the computers on the UCI-ICS domain, and any ICS servers. Your ICS account is distinct and separate from your UCInetID.
Who can get an account?
Students (Undergrads & Grads): must be under one of the majors under the Bren School of ICS or be enrolled in a course under the Bren School of ICS. Courses under another school but equivalent to one under our school also qualify.
If you are a non-ICS student/faculty working with a professor under our school, you may also qualify for an account.
Any staff or faculty members who are under Bren School of ICS.
How do I get an ICS account?
Students (Undergrads & Grads) - Please bring your student ID card and see the lab attendant in CS 364.
Extension students - Please bring your student ID card and proof of enrollment to the lab manager in CS 346L.
Staff/visitor/faculty - Please have your department personnel send in an account request to helpdesk.
I am enrolled in an ICS course, why can't I get an account?
Our system is linked to the UCI registrar's
database, and we receive updates once a
day. If your classes were dropped because you have not paid
your fees, you will not be eligible for an account
until your fees are paid. If you are adding a class, please wait overnight to ensure that we get the updated
information.
Where do I go to log in?
Students taking ICS classes may access the ICS labs located on the
1st and 3rd floors of the Computer Science building. Check
the Lab Information page for information on lab locations,
operating hours, and hardware and software specifications.
Note that these labs are not "public" labs in the sense that
they are only for students taking ICS
courses.
Now that I have an ICS account, what are my
responsibilities as a fellow user of a multiuser system?
All UCI and ICS students are expected to follow a
system of ethical academic and computing
policies designated by the University of California and the
Donald Bren School of ICS. You will be required to read
these policies as part of your account activation process, and
you are responsible for knowing what is and is not
acceptable behavior regarding your ICS account and the use of
school equipment and facilities.
With the power and flexibility of UNIX and UNIX variants like Linux
come many potential security holes. To limit the vulnerability of your
workstation as well as that of the system, please read the following
suggestions
and apply the patches appropriate to your particular version
of Linux.
Use a current version of your version of Linux. For
example,
Red Hat 5.1 is known to be particularly favored by
hackers.
Apply security
patches as soon
as they become available. As soon as a vulnerability
becomes known,
attack kits are posted on the Internet to take advantage
of it.
Turn off
services you do not need.
Most versions of Linux come with preconfigured options
enabled
for things that most people never use. Many of these are
popular
targets for attack.
Look into available
tools to
prevent break-ins to your workstation.
Keep track of your logs for repeated access attempt or other unusual activity. These log files are usually located in the /var/log directory.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/computing/policy/
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computer usage policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The University of California, Irvine (UCI) provides computing
resources and worldwide network access to members of the UCI
electronic community for legitimate academic and administrative
pursuits to communicate, access knowledge, and retrieve and
disseminate information. As members sharing these resources, we
also share the rights and responsibilities of their use. The
following computer use policy documents
describe the shared rights and responsibilities as
well as the consequences of misuse. YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING AND FOLLOWING THESE POLICIES. We welcome
your use of campus computing resources and your cooperation.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/community/scholarships/scholar_corporate.php
sponsor a scholarship/fellowship @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Thank you for your interest in supporting our students via ICS scholarship programs.
In forging relationships with the students they support, current donors have discovered that ICS students are more than scholars, they also are community volunteers, dedicated youth leaders, responsible young adults and promising future professionals. A list of current donor sponsored scholarships and fellowships is available.
The Bren School of ICS offers individuals, corporations and organizations flexibility in designing tailored support programs. Some of the more popular opportunities for supporting students are listed below.
Contributions can be named in memory of friends and loved ones, after corporations or other organizations
Programs can be designed as awards, annual scholarships or undergraduate endowments
Donors can help set the criteria and be involved in the selection process
Donors also are given opportunities to meet the supported student(s)
For further information on assisting ICS students, please contact the program administrator.
The UCI General Catalogue
is the official guide to all degree and graduation requirements; the information
below is intended for general planning purposes only. For previous calendar years, please click here.
The Computer Science degree is a broad and flexible program which offers
students opportunities for graduate study in the full spectrum of intellectual
activity in computer science.
The set of core and elective courses chosen by a student must be
approved by the student's research advisor before advancement to candidacy.
Faculty associated with each research area will provide suggested curricula for
that area to guide students in their selection of courses. These curricula will
also help Ph.D. students to prepare for their candidacy examination (see below)
which must be taken in a specific research area.
Similarly, students may not take and count undergraduate courses in areas where they have already moved into graduate-level coursework. (The purpose of these undergraduate elective options are to help students to remedy undergraduate background deficiencies).
Ph.D. Candidacy Exam
The objective of the candidacy exam is to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of
an area of computer science and readiness to carry out independent research at
the doctoral level in that area. The student must complete all course
requirements and the research project prior to advancing to candidacy.
All requirements for candidacy including the candidacy exam must be completed
by the end of the third year (or, for students with a previous MS in computer science or a related field, by the end of the second year). If the student does not pass on the first trial,
they will be allowed until the end of the first quarter of the next year to
advance to candidacy.
The candidacy committee will consist of five faculty members, the majority of
whom must be members of the student’s program, to administer the exam according
to UCI Senate Policy. Please see the ICS Graduate Office for policies
regarding the advancement committee membership.
The student takes an oral exam, administered by the five-member committee,
during which s/he is tested on knowledge relevant to the chosen area of
specialization. Each area is defined by a set of topics and reading list, which
are available in the documents below:
The field of computer science is concerned with the design, analysis and
implementation of computer systems as well as the use of computation as it is
applied to virtually every field of study and use in the everyday world.
Computer systems can range in scope from tiny embedded systems to the
internet as a whole. Research in computer science involves mathematical
analysis, empirical experimentation and the implementation of proto-type
systems.
Core research areas include artificial intelligence and machine learning,
bio-informatics, computer architecture, embedded systems, graphics and visual
computing, databases and information management, multimedia, networked and
distributed systems, programming languages and compilers, security and
cryptography, design and analysis of algorithms, scientific computing, and
ubiquitous computing.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/degrees/tbdNEW_degree_inf-gen.php
concentration in informatics - track in general @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The UCI General Catalogue
is the official guide to all degree and graduation requirements; the
information below is intended for general planning purposes only. For previous calendar years, please see here.
In addition to the Informatics-General concentration, there are also two other Informatics concentrations listed below. Click on a track to
learn more about it.
Interactive
& Collaborative Technology
Ubiquitous
Computing
The general track of the Informatics concentration covers aspects
from both the ICT track and the to broadly cover the
topics of Informatics.
Informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the design,
application, use, and impact of information technology. It goes beyond
technical design to focus on the relationship between information system
design and use in real-world settings.
These investigations lead to new forms of system architecture, new
approaches to system design and development, new means of information
system implementation and deployment, and new models of interaction
between technology and social, cultural, and organizational settings.
In the Bren School, Informatics is concerned with software
architecture, software development, design and analysis, programming
languages, ubiquitous computing, information retrieval and management,
human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, and
other topics that lie at the relationship between information technology
design and use in social and organizational settings.
Effective design requires an ability to analyze things from many
different perspectives, including computer science, information science,
organizational science, social science, and cognitive science.
Relevant courses in those disciplines are therefore an integral part
of the program and give this concentration a unique interdisciplinary
flavor, which is imperative as the computing and information technology
fields play such a pervasive role in our daily lives.
The UCI General Catalogue
is the official guide to all degree and graduation requirements; the
information below is intended for general planning purposes only. For previous calendar years, please click here.
The goal of this program is to prepare students for challenges in
developing future embedded systems. These future systems will further
integrate communications, multimedia, and advanced processors with
complex embedded and real-time software for automotive, medical,
telecommunications, and many other application domains.
The goal of this program is to prepare students for challenges in
developing future embedded systems. These future systems will further
integrate communications, multimedia, and advanced processors with
complex embedded and real-time software for automotive, medical,
telecommunications, and many other application domains.
Furthermore, embedded systems are becoming parallel, deploying
multiprocessor systems-on-a-chip and parallel application software. An
in-depth knowledge of the underlying scientific and engineering
principles is required to understand these advances and to productively
contribute to development of such systems.
This program helps students master embedded system fundamentals,
advanced computer architecture and compilers, networking, security,
embedded, parallel and distributed software, and computer graphics in a
sequence of courses and labs. Students also complete a large embedded
systems project and may choose to write a Master's thesis.
All Ph.D. students are required to participate in teaching activities
for two quarters.
Summer teaching or teaching at another university may be
accepted in fulfillment of this requirement.
Students who fulfill this requirement with a teaching assistantship at
UCI are required to take the following:
an orientation course, ICS 398A
enroll in four units
of ICS 399 each quarter they serve as a TA
attend the school's TA training
seminar during Welcome Week of fall quarter
For each
quarter assigned as a TA/Reader, the student will receive four units of
academic credit by signing up for ICS 399. Note: ICS 399 does not count toward
degree requirements
International students may be eligible for CPT, a type of employment
authorization that allows students to complete an internship/training off
campus during the summer. CPT is not available after a student completes a degree program.
International students may be eligible for OPT after graduation. OPT
provides the opportunity to gain employment experience in the student’s
major/field of study.
Consult the International Center for OPT policies
and application requirements. The ICS Graduate Counselors can verify your
graduation date and sign the Graduation Confirmation/OPT Recommendation Form
that is required as part of the OPT application package.
Graduate Student Policies: Transfers of Academic Credit
Previously taken graduate-level courses may count toward ICS degree
requirements if they meet the following criteria:
Must have been passed with a grade of B or better.
Must not have been applied toward a bachelor’s degree or M.S. degree
from another university.
Cannot have been taken while the student was on a leave of absence from
the ICS program.
Must be approved by the ICS Associate Dean for Student Affairs and the
Dean of Graduate Division
In addition, no more than one-fifth of the total units required for a
Bren School M.S. or Ph.D. degree may have been transferred from another
institution, from UCI Extension, or from Summer Sessions at any other UC
campus. Note that students may only waive two courses of their Bren School degree
requirements.
To obtain a petition to transfer course work from another university,
contact the ICS Graduate Counselor. Keep in mind that, for courses taken at
another university, students should petition to WAIVE the course. If the course
in question is a UCI course, they should petition to SUBSTITUTE the course.
Waive: If a course taken at another university is identical to a Bren
School course, contact the professor who usually teaches the course. They can
determine whether or not the course is equivalent. If it is, they can sign the
petition form, which must also be approved by the Associate Dean for Student
Affairs. Students must provide a syllabus of the course and their transcript
from the other university along with their petition form.
Substitute: If the course to be substituted is a UCI course, students
should speak to the professor who teaches the course, or to their faculty
advisor. If they agree with the substitution, they can sign the petition form.
Once the form is completed and signed by the professor or advisor, it
should be returned to the ICS Graduate Office. It will be forwarded to Graduate
Division for consideration, and once a decision is made, the ICS Graduate Office
will notify the student via email.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_CommitteeMembers.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Complete policy and procedural guidelines regarding advancement and doctoral committee
membership can be found on the instructions attached to the Ph.D Advancement to
Candidacy form.
The Advancement Committee
The advancement committee is comprised of five members: one chair, three
general members and one outside member.
Chair: must hold either a primary or joint appointment in the student’s
department, and must be a voting member of the UC Academic Senate. Senate
faculty have the following titles: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
Professor, and Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (SOE).
General Member: at least two of the general members must hold a primary
or joint appointment in the student’s department. Non-voting Senate members or
faculty holding professorial titles at other Universities will be considered on
an exception-only basis.
Outside Member: represents the faculty at large and must be from the
Irvine Division and may not hold either a primary or joint appointment in the
student’s department.
For students whose committee chair or advisor may have a financial interest in
their work, an Oversight Member is also required.
The Doctoral Committee
The three members of the dissertation committee is selected during the
advancement phase. It is comprised of three voting members of the University of
California Academic Senate (not necessarily the Irvine Division) or equivalent.
A majority of the committee must be affiliated with the student’s program.
The Chair of the Doctoral Committee is the faculty responsible for providing primary guidance for the student’s
dissertation. He or she must hold either a primary or joint appointment in the
student’s department, and must be a voting member of the UC Academic Senate.
For
students whose committee chair or advisor may have a financial interest in
their work, an Oversight Member is also required in addition to the two general
members.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_CandidacyCommittee.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The candidacy committee is charged with determining the fitness of the
student to proceed with the doctoral dissertation through a formal candidacy examination. This examination should evaluate both general preparedness in the discipline,
and specific competence to pursue the proposed dissertation topic.
In its deliberation, the committee ordinarily will review the student's
academic record, preliminary examinations, evaluations by other faculty, and may
conduct any other examination it thinks appropriate. The candidacy committee will also review an outline of the proposed
dissertation project, and will determine by oral examination the student's
competence in that area. When, by unanimous vote, the committee decides the student is qualified for
the dissertation phase, it should recommend advancement to candidacy to the
Graduate council via the Graduate Dean.
Following its formal appointment, the committee is free to adopt whatever
procedures it thinks appropriate to conduct the qualifying examination for
candidacy, subject to the rules of the program and those specified below. Administration of the qualifying examination must conform to the policies
established by the Graduate Council.
The student must be given adequate notice of the content, form and time of
the examination. The committee must meet to decide upon the procedures to be
followed, and the student must be given an opportunity to comment upon the
selected procedures.
Before voting upon its recommendation for or against candidacy, the committee
as a whole shall meet with the student, and any member of the committee will
have the right to pose appropriate questions to the student.
If it decides to do so, the committee may conduct part of the examination on
an individual basis, e.g. the student may meet with each in turn. However, the committee must conclude its examination when convened with the student present.
Although the formal candidacy examination ordinarily is conducted in a single
day, the committee may meet intermittently over a longer period, and may decide
to reexamine the student on one or more topics after a specified interval.
When the committee meets to conduct the oral candidacy examination, it must
report to the Graduate Council via the Graduate Dean within 30 days.
If the committee decides to reexamine the student at a later date or does not
pass the student for any reason, this must be reported. The final vote and
recommendation of the committee must be unanimous and unequivocal.
Upon completion of the candidacy examination, the results should be submitted
to the UCI Graduate Division on the Report of the Ph.D. Candidacy Committee,
Ph.D. Form I. This form must be signed by all committee members at the time the
candidacy examination is concluded, and submitted even if the examination was
failed.
If the unanimous recommendation of the committee is favorable, the $90 advancement to candidacy fee must be paid by the student to the campus Cashier's
Office. This will validate the Ph.D. Form I, after which it should be submitted
to the UCI Graduate Division. The signed and validated Ph.D. Form I serves as
the application for advancement to candidacy.
The candidate and graduate counselor will be notified of formal advancement
and the appointment of a doctoral committee.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_AdvanceCandidacy.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Advancement to candidacy implies that a student is almost finished with his/her degree
requirements. This is not an automatic process. The students is responsible for
making sure his or her form is completed and gets filed. The Advancement to
Candidacy form should be submitted at least one quarter before the student plans on
graduating.
Advancing to Candidacy for the Ph.D. degree
Prior to advance to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree, students must complete
the following steps:
Complete coursework
Pass the Phase
II exam at the Ph.D. level (if applicable to the student's program)
Complete a research or survey paper of publishable quality (if applicable to the student's program)
The advancement exam is an oral presentation to a five-member committee of
senate faculty. Note that you may combine your Ph.D. advancement with your topic defense with the consent of your advisor. The committee must be composed of the Committee Chair, three general members, and one outside member. The Chair of the candidacy commitee must hold either a primary or joint appointment in the student's department, and the majority of the committee must be from the student's department. The outside member must be a UC Irvine faculty member and may not be affiliated with the student's department.
Each committee member must agree on the research you would like
to complete for your doctoral dissertation.
» Preparing for the Advancement Exam
Arrange a date when all involved parties can meet
Reserve a conference room with your department
The Ph.D. Form I can be downloaded from Graduate Division here
» After the Advancement Exam is
complete
Get appropriate signatures on the Ph.D. Form I (including your own!)
The ICS Graduate Office can provide the Department
Chair and Associate Dean signatures.
Pay $90 advancement fee at the
Cashier's office
Turn form into Graduate Division (120 Aldrich Hall)
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_ComprehensiveExam.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
M.S. students who elect for the Comprehensive Exam option must pass a
comprehensive examination offered by the department or by a representative of
the specific research area. Students should speak to the ICS Graduate Counselor
or research area representative regarding test dates, preparation, and reading
lists. The faculty within the particular area develops the exam; this may
result in the content and structure varying from year to year.
Ph.D. students must also pass a written comprehensive examination offered by the
student’s department (see specific degree requirements for more information as this exam may vary
by degree/concentration). Students should speak to their advisor, research area representative or the ICS graduate counselors
regarding test dates, preparation, and reading lists. Faculty from the
particular research area develop the exam, so the content and structure may vary
from year to year.
The exam is graded on three levels: M.S. Pass, Ph.D. Pass, and Fail.
Students may re-take
the exam once. Ph.D. students who receive an M.S. Pass can qualify for the M.S. degree, but
must re-take the exam and pass at the Ph.D. level to continue in the Ph.D.
program.
To take the exam for a third time, students must petition both
the ICS Associate Dean for Student Affairs and the Dean of Graduate Division
for permission. If the petition is denied, the student may be dismissed from
the program.
Once the exam is passed at the desired level, please make sure the
appropriate paperwork is filed with the Bren School graduate counselor.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_EnrollmentStatus.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Graduate students are eligible for one filing fee quarter during their
graduate career. During the filing fee quarter, students pay one-half the
registration fee and do not enroll in any classes.
The Filing Fee option applies only to students who have completed ALL
requirements for a M.S. or Ph.D. degree except for official submission of a
thesis or dissertation to the University Archives, or completion of the final
formal examination (e.g., the comprehensive examination).This means that prior
to the beginning of the "filing fee" quarter ALL other requirements for the
degree must have been met by the student, including advancement to candidacy
and the resolution of any NR or I grades. Consult the ICS Graduate Counselors
for other policies and limitations related to the filing fee.
International visa restrictions may preclude filing fee status for
students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
International students should verify their eligibility for filing fee status
via the International Center well in advance of need.
Students should note that there is a separate form when submitting a
summer filing fee petition. Both the Filing Fee Petition and the Summer Filing
Fee Petition can be found on the Graduate Division website here.
In-Absentia Registration
In absentia registration applies to full-time, regularly enrolled and
registered students who have an academic need to conduct coursework or research related
to their degree program outside of California.
More
information can be found on the In-Absentia Registration Form on the Graduate Division
website here.
Leave of Absence
All graduate students can petition for a leave of absence from the
program for a period of up to, but no more than, three quarters total.
The LOA
petition is available for download from the Graduate Division website here. Students should fill out the form
well in advance to make sure it gets approved. The campus deadline is
Friday of the third week of classes. However, ICS recommends that students
submit the Leave of Absence petition by the registration deadline each quarter.
The leave must be approved by
both the ICS Graduate Office and the Dean of Graduate Division, as well as the
International Center for all international students. The Graduate
Division will notify students via email once the leave has been approved or
denied.
Part-Time Enrollment
Unless
enrolled in an approved part-time master's degree program (as described in
UCI’s General Catalogue), approval of part-time enrollment status may be granted
only for reasons of occupation, family responsibilities or health. Eligibility
for part-time study also depends on other factors, such as citizenship or residency,
and fellowships. ICS Ph.D. are typically not eligible to apply.
The full guidelines to determine part-time eligibility, as
well as instructions on how to submit the request, can be found on the Reduced
Fee Part-Time Study Program petition, which can be downloaded from the Graduate
Division website here.
The campus deadline to submit a Part-Time Study petition is noon on
Wednesday of the third week of classes. However, ICS recommends that students
submit the Part-Time petition by the registration deadline each quarter.
Summer Enrollment
Continuing graduate students generally do not need to enroll in Summer
Session (international students on CPT may be required to enroll). However,
students who will graduate during summer quarter MUST either be enrolled or on
Filing Fee (if eligible). During the summer, graduating students will generally
enroll in the minimum allowable units (two) of Individual Study or Thesis
Supervision with their advisor. Graduating students who do not have an advisor
should consult the ICS Graduate Counselors for assistance with summer
enrollment.
The thesis option is available to M.S. students who do not plan to take
the comprehensive exam and who are in good academic standing with the School
(note this option not available to students in the Statistics program).
Students pursuing this option must enroll in at least two quarters of Thesis
Supervision (CS 298 or Inf 298), which will substitute for two required courses
as specified under the concentration area or track of choice.
A
committee of three faculty members, the majority of whom must be from the
student’s department, will guide the student and give final approval of the
thesis. The committee consists of an advisor, who must be from the student’s
department and who is willing to supervise the thesis project, and two other
faculty members who are willing to serve on the committee as readers. An oral
presentation of the thesis to the committee is required.M.S. Thesis Option Policy
A thesis option is available to M.S. students who do not plan to take the
comprehensive exam and who are in good academic standing with the School.
Students pursuing this option must enroll in at least two quarters of Thesis
Supervision (CS 298 or INF 298) which will substitute for two required courses
as specified under the concentration area or specialization of choice (not available to students in the Statistics program).
A committee of three faculty members will guide the student and give final
approval of the thesis. The committee consists of an advisor (from the student's
department/program), who is willing to supervise the thesis project, and two
other faculty members (one of whom must be from the student's
department/program), who are willing to serve on the committee as readers. An
oral presentation of the thesis to the committee is required.
Graduate Student Policies: Topic and Final Defense
Topic Defense
Once a dissertation topic is determined, it must presented it in a defense
to your doctoral committee. Each area differs as to when students present this
defense, so please confirm with your advisor as to when this requirement should be completed. Note that you may combine your Ph.D. advancement with your topic defense with the consent of your advisor.
A “Topic Defense ” form must be brought to the committee at the time of the defense, to be signed after they have approved your defense. These forms are
available for download from the ICS Graduate Student Affairs website page for Forms. The signed form should be returned
to the ICS Graduate Office.
Final Defense
The
Ph.D. final defense committee is a three member committee of senate faculty
drawn from your advancement committee. The majority of the committee MUST be
from your department. Consult with the ICS graduate counselors if changes to
the composition of your defense committee occur.
For the final defense of your dissertation, e-mail the ICS Graduate
Office with the date, time and location of the defense, the names of your committee
members, and the title and abstract of your dissertation. This information will
be made available to all Bren School faculty and graduate students. In
addition to your committee members, anyone else who wishes to attend your
defense may do so.
Also, be sure to obtain a "Ph.D. Form II: Report on Final Examination for the
Ph.D. Degree" from Graduate Division, available for download here. At the end of the
defense, have each of your committee members sign it.
When you have finished your dissertation, submit it and the Ph.D. Form II to
the UCI Library Archives (Langson Library, Room 525). Alternatively, the dissertation may be submitted electronically. Guidelines for thesis submission can be found on the UCI Library website here. A Thesis Submission Checklist can also be downloaded from the Graduate Division website here.
The Library will notify the UCI Graduate Division that your dissertation has
been turned in and your degree is ready for conferral. Graduate Division will
notify you once your degree has been conferred.
A minimum of six quarters for Ph.D. students or three quarters for M.S.
students in academic residence is required prior to the award of the degree.
Typically, a longer period of study (two to six years) is required for
completion of all degree requirements.
After a Ph.D. student has been registered for over 21 quarters (seven years),
and a M.S. student has been registered for over six quarters (two years), they are
considered to be beyond normative time for completing the degree.
A letter regarding this status is sent to the student and to the department
requesting a deadline be implemented for the student to complete all
requirements and submit their dissertation. If this deadline is missed the
student is subject to academic disqualification.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_PreviousMSdegree.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Graduate Student Policies: Previously Earned M.S. Degree
Bren
School Ph.D. students with an M.S. degree in computer science or a related
field from another university may qualify to receive credit for some or all
required courses.
Ph.D. students waived from the M.S. portion of their degree may not, in
future, request that they be granted an M.S. degree in Computer Science or a
closely related field from UC Irvine.
Be aware that advisors can require that students take additional
courses when appropriate.
Course equivalency will be determined by the ICS Associate Dean for
Student Affairs following a written recommendation from the student’s advisor.
Advisors may require that students take additional courses when appropriate. Final approval will be determined by the Dean of Graduate Division. Students
will be notified of the decision by email.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_SexualHarassment.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Graduate Student Policies: UC Policy on Sexual Harassment
Effective December 14, 2004, the Office of the President issued a revised
University of California Policy on Sexual Harassment and associated Procedures
for Responding to Reports of Sexual Harassment.
These policies cover all members of the University community, including
faculty and other academic personnel, staff employees, students, and non-student
or non-employee participants in University programs.
Revisions to the policy include an updated definition of sexual harassment,
clarification of the University's obligation to respond promptly and effectively
to reports of sexual harassment, provisions for training employees and educating
the University community regarding sexual harassment, and a statement that the
policy shall be implemented in a manner that recognizes principles of free
speech and academic freedom.
The Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity has developed local policy and
guidelines that implement the system wide procedures and address consensual
relationships.
These supersede the previous UCI Policy on Sexual Harassment:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_CopyrightInfringement.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
It is illegal to distribute copyrighted materials—such as software,
movies, music, pictures—without proper authorization.
If a complaint of copyright infringement is reported involving a computer
assigned to a Bren School student, the student's account will be locked out
until Bren School support personnel have a chance to investigate the
allegations. If copyrighted materials are found, they will be removed
immediately.
For the initial complaint (first violation), the Bren School Student Affairs
Office (SAO) staff and the appropriate Associate Dean (as well as the academic
advisor, for grad students) will be notified.
The student will be required to meet in person with appropriate SAO staff to
review applicable campus policies, and to sign a statement verifying receipt and
notice of such policies. This signed statement will be placed in the student's
file.
For any subsequent complaints, the appropriate Associate Dean, academic
advisor (for grad students) and SAO staff will be notified.
The student will then be referred to the campus Director of Student Judicial
Affairs for academic suspension (upon second violation) or expulsion from the
university(upon third violation).
The above statement is based upon: IRVINE CAMPUS POLICIES , APPENDIX K: COMPUTER USE POLICY
Computer Use Policy (Reference to Section 102.05), which includes "Violating the terms of applicable software licensing agreements or copyright laws."
http://www.ics.uci.edu/grad/policies/GradPolicies_GradStudentReview.php
graduate student policies @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
The ICS Graduate Student Affairs Office, in consultation with the department Vice Chairs and the Associate Dean, conducts an annual, formal review of all graduate students enrolled in an ICS graduate program. The Department of Informatics conducts a review in Fall and Spring quarters. The Bren School Graduate Office, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and the student’s advisor review each student’s progress.
In order to maintain satisfactory academic progress, all graduate students must:
retain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher
pass all required and elective courses with a grade of B or better
not have more than two (2) “I” grades (Incompletes) on your transcript
pass all oral exams in a timely manner
meet published timelines for completion of the degree
meet deadlines and requirements imposed on them as individual students
Ph.D. students, in addition to the above, must also:
affiliate with a primary research advisor by the end of the first year and remain affiliated with an advisor throughout your tenure as a student (Ph.D. students onl
meet the requirements to qualify as a teaching assistant, including demonstrating English proficiency, by the specific date mentioned in your funding letter
make adequate progress in research and/or creative work as determined by the department faculty
not have two consecutive cautionary letters resulting from formal departmental reviews
If unsatisfactory progress is being made, a letter of probation is sent to the student and placed in their file. The probation period varies, depending on the individual’s situation. If the problem is not cleared during the probation period, the Bren School Graduate Office may recommend to the UCI Graduate Division that the student be dismissed from the program.
It is the student’s responsibility to make sure the Bren School Graduate Office is aware that a problem has been cleared during the probation period.
Grades are available from the Registrar’s Office (fees apply for copies
of official transcripts; unofficial transcripts are free of charge) or through
Student Access. It is the student’s responsibility to check grades at the end of
each quarter.
Traditional grades (A, B, C, etc…)
Students are expected to maintain a B
average (this is an absolute requirement if on a fellowship—GSR, TA, GAANN,
etc.). In order to receive graduation credit, students must earn a grade of B
or better in all required courses, core courses and breadth courses. A grade of
B- or below does not have to be improved and can remain on the transcript if
that grade is not going to be counted toward graduation requirements.
Pass/No Pass
P/NP is for undergraduate students only. Graduate students
must receive a letter grade to pass a course. Graduate students should not sign
up for a course P/NP.
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
S/U is for graduate courses only and is
considered to be a letter grade. Faculty can assign an S/U instead of an A, B,
C, etc. Students are responsible for asking the instructor if they can receive
the S/U option instead of an A, B, C, etc. at the beginning of the quarter.
Please keep in mind that the S grade is equal to a B or better and the U grade
is equal to a B- or below. A student who receives a U grade will have to repeat
the course if it is going to count towards degree requirements.
Incomplete
The “I” grade is reserved for occasions when a student’s
work is satisfactory but is incomplete because of circumstances beyond the
student’s control, and when the student has been excused in advance from
completing the quarter’s work. Students may ask the instructor to assign an
“I,” but it may or may not be granted. If granted, a student has up to three
quarters to complete the work. If the work is not completed and a grade has not
been assigned after three quarters, the “I” will turn to an F. Once the work
has been completed, the instructor must turn in a grade change report to change
the “I” into a letter grade. The student should check Student Access often to
confirm that the grade has been changed.
Graduate Division will not continue to approve employment for a student
who has more than two Incompletes on their transcript.
No Report
NR means no grade was reported. This can be the result of a
variety of reasons:
The faculty member did not turn the grades in on time
The faculty member does not recognize the student’s name on the class
roster
The faculty member turned in the wrong grade
The course’s grade roster was unreadable
An NR will turn into an F after one quarter. Students who receive an NR
should talk to their instructor immediately. The professor will need to
complete a grade change report.
Readmission is possible for students who have been academically disqualified! It is highly recommended that a student meet with an academic counselor to prepare for readmission application and requirements. Student should visit the ICS acadmic counselor as soon as he/she has been notified of formal disqualification.
A student readmitted after academic disqualification will be
held to the conditions of a two quarter contract specifying a course plan, unit
maximum per quarter, GPA expectations, and mandatory advising sessions. Failure to meet the contract conditions for any of two
quarters may lead to automatic disqualification.
The UCI readmission application must be accompanied by:
1. A written statement no longer than 2 pages that details
the following:
reason(s) for
leaving,
reason(s) for
returning (including new or renewed interest/focus on Bren School major),
ways that previous
or existing obstacles to academic progress have been addressed and will be
addressed in the future.
2. An official transcript showing completion of a minimum of
one full-time academic year of courses taken through UCI Extension (ACCESS), a
community college or another comparable institution. Please note that the full time course load for the quarters / semesters must be taken consecutively; breaks in academic study between a quarter or semester are not allowed.
At least six of
these courses must meet major requirements (includes math courses).
Must earn Cs or higher in each course.
Minimum of 2.5
cumulative GPA for this year of work.
If there is
considerable evidence that a student is fully prepared to return to UCI full
time, the requirement that a full year of coursework be completed elsewhere may
be waived. Student should speak to an academic counselor for more information.
3. If the student intends to change into or out of the Bren School upon
readmission, the submission of a Change of Major application is also required.
The Bren School may approve a student's time-limited
withdrawal if it becomes evident that doing so will prevent further damage to
the student's academic record. Conditions for readmission in this case are discussed at the
time of withdrawal; any academic contract conditions in place at the time of
withdrawal remain in effect upon the student's return.
The UCI readmission application must be accompanied by:
1. A written statement no longer than 2 pages that details
the following:
reason(s) for leaving,
reason(s) for returning (including new or renewed
interest/focus on Bren School major),
ways that previous or existing obstacles to academic
progress have been addressed and will be addressed in the future.
2. An official transcript showing completion of at least 1
full-time quarter or semester of coursework in Computer Science or math with a GPA satisfying the conditions specified in the student's
academic contract. At least 1 course must be a transferable Computer Science course.
As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, ICS offers an array of graduate degree programs in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics. Click on a related link below to learn more about a specifc degree program. You can also visit the UCI Course Catalog for more in-depth information about each ICS graduate program.
This is a tentative schedule of CompSci, Informatics, Networked Systems and Statistics courses that the Bren School is planning to offer.
Please note that this proposed course schedule, while NOT guaranteed, is intended to help with your general academic planning. You are encouraged to consider back-up options that align with your intended date of graduation, since course offerings and faculty assignments may change.
NOTE: The course listings shown here are neither guaranteed, nor considered “final”. Department Chairs may provide updated information regarding course offerings or faculty assignments throughout the year. Be sure to check this list regularly for new or revised information.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/degrees/degree_se.php
undergraduate degree in software engineering @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Do you like to work in teams to develop cool new software? Are you curious to learn how the architectures of Twitter, Snapchat or Google are designed? Do you care about the quality of the software you develop? Are you not afraid of talking to people in order to learn what their needs are so you can develop better software for them? Are you a builder who might foresee having your own software company at some point?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, UC Irvine’s software engineering major just might be the choice for you.
What will I learn?
The B.S. in software engineering is designed around a set of core courses that introduce the fundamentals of software engineering (requirements analysis, design and testing), programming (data structures, libraries and languages), and relevant computer science concepts (algorithms, databases, networking and operating systems). From there, nearly two dozen electives offer students the chance to specialize, focusing anywhere from systems-level engineering to the human side of developing software.
Throughout the major, students gain hands-on experience in creating a variety of software systems, giving you the opportunity to use different programming languages, apply your skills to different domains and work in different teams. This culminates in the three-quarter capstone course, in which you will be part of a team that develops a real system for a real client, typically from a company or organization outside the university.
Overall, the major strongly emphasizes the design and implementation of software systems, as well as learning how to adapt to what are the continuous new circumstances of the profession — whether it is a new client and their habits, a new programming language or technology to be used or a new team and its development practices.
Careers
Software engineers are in demand everywhere. Large Internet companies, automotive and aerospace corporations, medical and health software providers, enterprise software vendors and startups are all in need of software engineers to program, design, architect and lead the development of their software projects. Business Insider, glassdoor, CNN (#3, #7, and #8), U.S. News & World Report all highlight the excellent career prospects for software engineers in terms of job satisfaction, job prospects and salary.
Of course, graduate school in software engineering, computer science, informatics, or related field is a career path that a portion of our students also choose to take after they complete the major.
Qualifications
We welcome students with a variety of backgrounds. We have had many students join who already knew how to program, and many students who did not yet know how to program. Both groups are successful in the major.
If you have an interest in solving problems, aspire to creative thinking, and have an affinity with design, software engineering can be for you.
Why software engineering at UC Irvine?
Excellence. You will be part of a world-class group of faculty and staff, who have an outstanding track record of delivering innovative educational experiences in — and beyond — the classroom.
Depth. With no fewer than ten courses dedicated to software engineering, and dozens more on topics closely surrounding it, you receive an education that prepares you very well for the many challenges that will arise in your future career.
Connections. Our alumni have gone on to study in some of the most prestigious Ph.D. programs, work for well-known, innovative corporations and found successful startups. We stay in touch with them, and can help connect you with for internships that complement your studies.
Location. Orange County has a very vibrant and diverse tech industry, and is just a mere hop away from Silicon Valley.
Detailed requirements
Please see the catalogue for a detailed description of the requirements of the Software Engineering major.
More information
Prospective and current UCI students interested in learning more about the Bren School’s degree
options are encouraged to meet with the school’s associate dean of student affairs, counselors and
student ambassadors. They will help you determine which of our majors and minors best support your
academic strengths and interests. Call our Student Affairs Office at 949-824-5156 to make an
appointment or to inquire about campus visit opportunities.
(Note: Appointments are made by phone only, not by email request.)
CONTACT:
Bren School Student Affairs Office
Information and Computer Science Building I, Suite 352
Irvine, CA 92697-3430
949-824-5156 ucounsel@uci.edu
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/degrees/degree_cgs.php
undergraduate degree in computer game science @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Are you curious how computer games work on the inside? Do you want to learn how you can use computer games for social good? Do you have creative ideas for fun new mobile games? Can you foresee yourself programming intelligent avatars for a major title? Have thoughts about the visual appearance of new virtual worlds?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, UC Irvine’s computer game science major just might be the choice for you.
What will I learn?
The B.S. in computer game science is designed around a set of core courses that introduce the fundamentals of computer science (programming, data structures, graphics and artificial intelligence), math (statistics, linear algebra and logic), and games (games and society, game design, game engines and multiplayer games). From there, nearly thirty electives offer students the chance to specialize, focusing anywhere from typical game topics such as modeling, world building and mobile games to more peripheral topics such as software design and social impacts.
Throughout the major, students gain hands-on experience in creating a variety of digital games, for entertainment purposes, but also for education, training and engendering social change. Working in teams, you will employ a variety of different programming languages, game platforms and hardware. This culminates in the two-quarter capstone course, in which you will be part of a team that designs and implements a new game from scratch under the supervision of game designers from the local industry.
Overall, the major strongly emphasizes the technical aspects of creating games, as well as working in teams to design and implement them. You will be prepared to adapt to what are the always-changing circumstances of the profession — whether it is a new game platform, newly emerging game mechanics, or new ways of earning revenue.
Careers
Because of the strong technical underpinnings of the degree program, demand for our computer game science majors is strong. The majority find employment in the industry, whether at a major publisher, smaller studio or as self-employed freelancers. Many squarely focus on entertainment, others succeed in bringing their skills to the design and development of serious games in a variety of domains, including healthcare and education.
Of course, graduate school in game design, interactive media, computer science, informatics or related field is a career path that a portion of our students also choose to take after they complete the major.
Qualifications
We welcome students with a variety of backgrounds. We have had students join who were avid gamers and already knew how to program, and students who were merely curious about games and did not yet know how to program. Both groups are successful in the major.
If you have an interest in solving problems, aspire to creative thinking, and have an affinity with design, computer game science can be for you.
Why computer game science at UC Irvine?
Excellence. You will be part of a world-class group of faculty and staff, who have an outstanding track record of delivering innovative educational experiences in — and beyond — the classroom.
Depth. With no fewer than ten courses dedicated to games, and dozens more on topics closely surrounding it, you receive an education that prepares you very well for the many challenges that will arise in your future career.
Connections. Our alumni have gone on to study in some of the most prestigious Ph.D. programs, work for well-known, innovative corporations and found successful startups. We stay in touch with them, and can help connect you with for internships that complement your studies.
Location. Orange County has a very vibrant and diverse tech industry, and is just a mere hop away from Silicon Valley.
Detailed requirements
Please see the catalogue for a detailed description of the requirements of the computer game science major.
More information
Prospective and current UCI students interested in learning more about the Bren School’s degree
options are encouraged to meet with the school’s associate dean of student affairs, counselors and
student ambassadors. They will help you determine which of our majors and minors best support your
academic strengths and interests. Call our Student Affairs Office at 949-824-5156 to make an
appointment or to inquire about campus visit opportunities.
(Note: Appointments are made by phone only, not by email request.)
CONTACT:
Bren School Student Affairs Office
Information and Computer Science Building I, Suite 352
Irvine, CA 92697-3430
949-824-5156 ucounsel@uci.edu
Computer science is the catalyst for every evolutionary – and revolutionary – step in computer development.
From mathematical theories, data structures and algorithms to the operating systems and programs that employ them, an understanding of computer science is essential if you wish to develop the next advances in computer technology and applications.
The Computer Science program at UC Irvine is internationally recognized for its unique group of faculty and researchers, outstanding students and cutting edge educational programs.
The Computer Science major emphasizes the principles of computing that underlie our modern world, and provides a strong foundational education to prepare students for the broad spectrum of careers in computing. This major can serve as preparation for either graduate study or a career in industry. Students receive a solid background in low-level architecture and systems; middle-level infrastructure, algorithms, and mathematical foundations. This is a highly flexible degree that allows students to explore a broad range of topics in modern computing. In order to achieve some focus in their upper-division studies, students are required to satisfy the requirements for one of the eight specializations described below. Additional electives can be used to satisfy a second specialization or obtain a broader understanding of the field.
Algorithms. This specialization focuses on fundamental computational techniques, including their analysis and applications to topics in computer vision, computer games, graphics, artificial intelligence, and information retrieval. Topics include data structures, graph and network algorithms, computational geometry, probabilistic algorithms, complexity theory, and cryptography.
Architecture and Embedded Systems. This specialization integrates principles of embedded systems, software, hardware, computer architecture, distributed systems and networks, and prepares students to design and create efficient hardware/software architectures for emerging application areas. Students in this specialization will build upon a strong foundation in software and hardware and learn how to design networked embedded systems, and efficient computer architectures for a diverse set of application domains such as gaming, visualization, search, databases, transaction processing, data mining, and high-performance and scientific computing.
Bioinformatics. This specialization introduces students to the interdisciplinary intersection of biology and medicine with computer science and information technology. Students who complete the specialization will understand biomedical computing problems from the computer science perspectives, and be able to design and develop software that solves computational problems in biology and medicine.
General Computer Science. This specialization allows students to acquire a well-rounded knowledge of computer science that may be tailored to their individual interests. Students choose 11 upper-division computer science courses, including two project courses. This specialization will appeal to those who are interested in a broad education in computer science, or who wish to create their own unique specialization not found in the current list of (other) specializations under this major.
Information. This specialization is intended to prepare students for working with and developing a wide variety of modern data and information systems. Topics covered by this concentration include database management, information retrieval, Web search, data mining, and data-intensive computing.
Intelligent Systems. This specialization will introduce students to the principles underlying intelligent systems, including topics such as representing human knowledge, building automated reasoning systems, developing intelligent search techniques, and designing algorithms that adapt and learn from data. Students in this specialization will use these principles to solve problems across a variety of applications such as computer vision, information retrieval, data mining, automated recommender systems, bioinformatics, as well as individually designed projects.
Networked Systems. This specialization focuses on Internet architecture, Internet applications, and network security. It also encourages students to learn about operating systems, databases, search, programming, embedded systems, and performance.
Systems and Software. This specialization deals with principles and design of systems and software. It emphasizes the interaction between software and the computing infrastructure on which it runs and the performance impact of design decisions. Core topics include the hardware/software interface, languages and compilers, operating systems, parallel and distributed computing. Elective topics include networking, security, graphics, and databases.
Visual Computing. This specialization encompasses the digital capture, processing, synthesis and display of visual data such as images and video. This specialization includes computer vision, image processing, and graphics, and covers such topics as the representation of 3D objects, visual recognition of objects and people, interactive and photo-realistic image rendering, and physics and perception of light and color.
Graduates of the Computer Science program will be in a position to pursue a variety of careers that involve the design and development of embedded systems, programming languages, compilers, networks and operating systems.
They can be principal designers or involved in implementation, typically at companies that design, implement and sell these products. They may find themselves in charge of large-scale deployments and/or customizations at the organizations that use them.
Finally, the strong scientific preparation allows students to become involved in such areas as artificial intelligence and computational biology – whether in graduate school or industry.
Many students also go on to graduate school, continuing their studies, conducting research, and earning graduate degrees in software engineering, computer science, information science, management and law.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/degrees/degree_cse.php
undergraduate degree in computer science and engineering @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Engineering
DEGREES AVAILABLE: Major
Offered jointly with The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
The Computer Science and Engineering major gives students access to multidisciplinary problems with a focus on total systems engineering.
Students will learn the computer science principles that are critical to development of software, hardware and networking of computer systems.
From that background, engineering concepts and methods are added to give students exposure to circuit design, network design and digital signal processing.
Elements of engineering practice include the systems view, manufacturing and economic issues, and multi-disciplinary engineering applications.
This program is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of computer science, both hardware and software, and the application of engineering concepts, techniques and methods to both computer systems engineering and software system design.
establish a productive Computer Science and Engineering career in industry, government, or academia;
engage in professional practice of computer systems engineering and software systems engineering;
promote the development of innovative systems and solutions using hardware and software integration;
promote design, research, and implementation of products and services in the field of Computer Science and Engineering through strong communication, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills.
Annual student enrollment and graduation data can be found at:
http://www.oir.uci.edu/student-data.html.
Please note that annual student enrollment and graduation data for CSE is the sum of the data under both Engineering and Information and Computer Science.
For a full listing of the degree requirements, see the General Catalogue.
To better help students plan their upcoming quarters, a list of approved science elective courses* for satisfying the CSE major's science elective requirement has been made available.
*The science elective must be taken at UCI if the student is currently enrolled at UCI.
Students are encouraged to consult an academic advisor
in the Bren School of ICS to determine the coursework designed to meet
their educational goals.
Computer Science and Engineering majors are involved in building the hardware infrastructure – computers, networks, embedded devices, as well as operating systems, compilers and networking software.
The focus is on cooperation between hardware and software to yield the highest performance.
Examples of such problem areas would be in traffic management, flight control, earthquake monitoring, automotive control and smart homes.
Many students also go on to graduate school, continuing their studies, conducting research, and earning graduate degrees in computer engineering, computer science, information science, management or law.
Prospective and current UCI students interested in learning more about the Bren School’s degree
options are encouraged to meet with the school’s associate dean of student affairs, counselors and
student ambassadors. They will help you determine which of our majors and minors best support your
academic strengths and interests. Call our Student Affairs Office at 949-824-5156 to make an
appointment or to inquire about campus visit opportunities.
(Note: Appointments are made by phone only, not by email request.)
CONTACT:
Bren School Student Affairs Office
Information and Computer Science Building I, Suite 352
Irvine, CA 92697-3430
949-824-5156 ucounsel@uci.edu
Meeting with an academic counselor or peer academic advisor is recommended. They will help you determine the most efficient way for you to meet the degree requirements of your new intended major.
If you are eligible to change, submit a Change of Major Application online through your Student Access page.
Meet with an ICS academic counselor or peer advisor as soon as possible to determine whether you are eligible to switch majors and to map out an academic plan.
Once you have met the Bren School of ICS change of major requirements:
Submit the Change of Major Application online
If you have over 120 units, an academic plan with intended graduate quarter and year must also be submitted.
Meet with an academic counselor or peer advisor in the school of your intended major; they can help you create an academic plan that will help you meet your goals.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/degrees/degree_datascience.php
undergraduate degree in data science @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Data science can be thought of as the “science of data analysis”: developing mathematical models and algorithms for extracting useful information from data, combining statistical thinking with computational methods. We are living in an increasingly data-driven world, with rich and complex data available from sensors in our mobile phones, from our social networks, from our cars, our homes, from the Web, from new scientific instruments, and more. One of the key questions of our age is how to use of all of this data to make effective predictions and decisions. How can our smart devices learn our preferences and make recommendations? Can we develop more intelligent Web search engines that learn from data? How can statistical models take advantage of modern genomics to develop personalized medicine? How can climate scientists harness the wealth of satellite data to better understand the planet? Can we predict the stock market? These are just a fraction of the questions that drive data science. This degree program teaches students the underlying principles of how to organize, model, and analyze data in a systematic fashion and how to apply these principles to a wide variety of real-world problems.
If you enjoy the combination of working with data, understanding basic mathematical principles, and implementing your ideas in algorithms and software, then the Data Science major is well worth considering. The Data Science major has a dual emphasis on the principles of both statistics and computation. As a student you will learn the principles underlying mathematical and statistical aspects of data analysis as well as a broad range of foundational skills in computing. The program will build on these ideas to teach you how to utilize your knowledge to analyze and solve a variety of data analysis problems.
In the first two years of the program, students take core courses in both the Statistics and Computer Science Departments, providing a strong foundation in the principles of each field. In the third and fourth years of the program, students take more specialized courses on topics such as design of algorithms, machine learning, statistical modeling, information visualization and Bayesian statistics. A major component of this degree is the final year capstone project course, which is a two-quarter course that teaches students how to apply statistical and computational principles to solve large-scale, real-world data analysis problems. For a full list of required and elective courses see the description of the Data Science Major in the UCI General Catalogue.
Students are encouraged to consult an academic advisor in the Bren School of ICS to determine the coursework designed to meet their educational goals.
Demand for graduates with skills in both statistics and computer science currently outpaces supply - the McKinsey Global Institute forecasts that by 2018 the United States may face a shortage of 1.5 million individuals with the skills to analyze and use data effectively. Thus, students with data science skills typically find employment quickly, across a wide variety of sectors, including software and internet companies (e.g., Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft), finance (banking, financial investment and insurance), engineering, and more. Data Science graduates are well-qualified for job titles such as data scientist, data analyst or statistician, both in the public and private sectors. Graduate school in areas such as Computer Science or Statistics is also a possible career path leading to advanced research careers in industry and in government, in addition to being qualified for university faculty positions.
UC Irvine is the only university in the UC system, and one of the few in the world, where statistics and computer science are co-located in the same school and building. The Data Science major takes full advantage of this synergy, providing an integrated experience for our students at the interface of computing and statistics. You will be taught by faculty who are world-class researchers in areas such as machine learning, Bayesian statistics, database management, graph algorithms, and more. You will have opportunities to participate in undergraduate research projects with our faculty and to take part in summer internships in Southern California or Silicon Valley. And when you graduate you will be able to take advantage of our many connections to startups, to major corporations, and to graduate schools, who are well aware of UC Irvine’s strengths in Data Science.
In addition to material below, you are also encouraged to visit ICS Majors Webpage for further information. Note that the earliest that you will be able to complete this degree is Spring 2018.
Prospective Freshmen: If you are a prospective freshman or transfer student looking for more information on applying to the Data Science undergraduate program, please visit theUndergraduate Admissions website.
Enrolled UCI Students: If you are a currently-enrolled UCI student you can transfer into this major if you satisfy the following requirements for a Change of Major:
Cumulative UC GPA of 2.7 or higher
3.0 or higher average GPA and no grade lower than a C for ICS 31, ICS 32, and one of the following: Math 2A, Math 2B, Math 2D, ICS 6B, or ICS 6D.
As of Academic Year 2015-2016 we are accepting students at either the freshman or sophomore levels.
If you are interested in a change of major, meeting with an ICS academic counsellor is strongly recommended. For general University information on a change of major see the UC Irvine Change of Major Criteria.
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undergraduate degree in business information management @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Undergraduate degree in Business Information Management
Are you interested in business as much as technology? Do you want to learn how to build a data-driven sales and marketing plan? Would you love a career at one of the major consulting firms? Do you like to solve analytical problems? Do you want to be part of a highly interdisciplinary team setting corporate strategy? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, UC Irvine’s business information management major just might be the choice for you.
What will I learn?
The B.S. in business information management is designed around a set of core courses that introduce the fundamentals of computing (programming, requirements analysis, information retrieval and visualization, databases), business (accounting, finance, marketing, management), and analytical methods (statistics, economics, business intelligence, decision analysis). From there, more than two dozen electives offer students the chance to specialize in topics as diverse as global strategy, branding and design, social and organizational aspects of computing, project management and more.
Throughout the major, you study a variety of business cases and gain hands-on experience in a variety of forums. Projects range from learning to understand and use technology that gathers data, to practicing methods and techniques for distilling that data into meaningful information, to analyzing and proposing strategic directions. Many projects are inspired by past and current real-world situations, providing you with practice directly relevant to your future career.
Overall, the major strongly emphasizes how raw business data is gathered, stored, analyzed and distilled into valuable strategic information, all with a proper understanding of the technical, social, ethical and organizational challenges that are involved. Additionally, students learn how to adapt to ever-changing business conditions — whether it is new disruptive technologies, trends, rules and regulations or corporate strategies.
Careers
Because technology drives nearly all aspects of business and innovation today, demand for business information management majors is strong. The majority finds employment at consulting companies, though many find a home in specialized industries as well. Many squarely focus on joining for-profit organizations; others succeed in bringing their skills to and excelling at nonprofits. Of course, graduate school in business, information systems, informatics, law or related field is a career path that some of our students also choose to take after they complete the major.
Qualifications
We welcome students with a variety of backgrounds. We have had many students join who were more interested in the computing aspects of the major, others who were more interested in the business and analytical aspects. Both groups are successful in the major. If you have an interest in solving problems, aspire to creative thinking and have an affinity with business and organizational concerns, business information management can be for you.
Why business information management at UC Irvine?
Excellence. You will be part of a world-class group of faculty and staff who have an outstanding track record of delivering innovative educational experiences in — and beyond — the classroom.
Depth. With no fewer than ten courses dedicated to business information management, and dozens more on topics closely surrounding it, you receive an education that prepares you very well for the many challenges that will arise in your future career.
Connections. Our alumni have gone on to study in some of the most prestigious Ph.D. programs; work for well-known, innovative corporations; and found successful startups. We stay in touch with them, and can help connect you for internships that complement your studies.
Location. Orange County has a vibrant business community, with, as just a few examples, numerous financial, biomedical, consulting, entertainment and real-estate companies around.
Detailed requirements
Please see the catalogue for a detailed description of the requirements of the Business Information Management major.
More information
Prospective and current UCI students interested in learning more about the Bren School’s degree
options are encouraged to meet with the school’s associate dean of student affairs, counselors and
student ambassadors. They will help you determine which of our majors and minors best support your
academic strengths and interests. Call our Student Affairs Office at 949-824-5156 to make an
appointment or to inquire about campus visit opportunities.
(Note: Appointments are made by phone only, not by email request.)
CONTACT:
Bren School Student Affairs Office
Information and Computer Science Building I, Suite 352
Irvine, CA 92697-3430
949-824-5156 ucounsel@uci.edu
Our lab studies computational vision, seeking to understand both the information
processing capabilities of biological visual systems and develop computer vision
systems. We are interested theoretical questions as well as practical applications
ranging from motion capture to biological image analysis.
Prospective Students:
We are actively recruiting qualified undergradute and graduate students who are
interested in pursuing research in computer vision. Current students are encouraged
to sit in on our weekly meetings. Applicants interested in pursuing a graduate
degree should apply via
ICS Graduate Admissions and clearly indicate their research interests. The
yearly deadline is December 15th.
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Golnaz and Yi presenting at CVPR 2014
Yi and Sam presenting at CVPR 2010
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computer-supported cooperative work @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Information technologies bring people together -- through social
networking, through collaborative systems, through digital media,
and through communications. Informatics has been a
long-term leader in the study of social engagement through information
systems.
Topics include distance collaboration, workflow and
process-based systems, multi-user gaming, and cultural engagements.
This topic concerns the development and application of information systems to healthcare. Information systems have a critical role to play in contemporary health and wellness programs. This includes technology in hospital settings but also persuasive technologies for healthy living, health care in the home and in the community, and in the interactions between partners in the health care system.
The development of secure communication protocols
is a critical issue in today's age of pervasive communication.
Bren School research
in this area includes anonymity and authentication in network security, key
agreement and digital signatures in cryptography, and security issues in electronic
commerce.
Researchers also are designing high-performance algorithms and
data structures for solving large-scale problems motivated from information
assurance and security, the Internet, information visualization and geometric
computing.
This research area focuses on "Systems Software," the pervasive software infrastructure that makes the development and use of applications possible, and on the programming languages that are used for creating software. Among the topics being studied are programming languages, compilers, operating systems and networking software.
Research in the Programming Languages and Systems area frequently emphasizes a practical element in addition to theoretical rigor. New ideas are not just studied on paper but implemented as research prototypes, which can then be measured under realistic conditions.
Some of the specific research interests of Bren School faculty in this area include:
Program restructuring and transformation techniques for parallelization and distribution
Compilers for high-performance computing
Web 2.0+ technologies such as AJAX, JavaScript, Python and Ruby
Just-in-time compilation and optimization
Mobile code representations, distribution and optimization
Applications
requiring voice and data, as well as video, are rapidly expanding and future
communication services must be able to facilitate a wide variety of diversified
services in a practical and easily expandable fashion.
Bren School researchers investigate
various issues in the design and analysis of high-speed networks for multimedia
applications. They are actively involved in research on computer
networks and distributed systems, with the goal of designing, analyzing and
implementing communication systems that allow high-speed transport of multimedia
information between end-users.
Research collectively addresses a complete view
of the communications network, from the network substrate (high-speed networks,
ATM networks, wireless networks), to end-to-end protocols support and communication
subsystem architectures (Object-Oriented frameworks), to distributed applications
(multimedia distance learning applications).
In the area of distributed systems,
researchers are developing new programming paradigms for distributed systems
based on the principle of autonomous messages, which achieves speed-up through
parallel processing, and permits interactive open-ended applications through
dynamic functional composition.
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biomedical informatics and computational biology @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
There are a number of significant problems in biology and medicine for which
computational approaches can yield important results.
The worldwide efforts to
construct databases of protein and small molecule structures, DNA sequences,
metabolic pathways, regulatory mechanisms, pharmaceutical structures and activities,
patient response data, etc., have created many opportunities for intelligent
systems.
At UCI, current areas of research in bio/medical informatics include:
Medical Information Access
Knowledge Representation for Health-Care Guidelines
Multimedia computing started receiving attention more than a decade ago.
Naturally, early systems dealt with very limited aspect
of multimedia. With progress in technology, several
computing addresses important issues in creation, communication,
storage, access,
and presentation of information and experiences. In our
department, we are addressing research issues in fundamentals of
multimedia
systems and their advanced applications.
Scientific Computing refers to the application of computers to
scientific problems, from astrophysics to zoology.
The mode of application can be system modeling, data analysis
and mining, or visualization.
The focus can be on developing new computational techniques,
such as parallel algorithms or new data mining ideas, or on the
novel application of existing techniques to new scientific
problems.
A number of our faculty are focussed primarily on
bio-informatics, so in addition to the links below, more information can
be
found about bio-informatics at UCI by checking out
IBAM
and
IGB.
UC Irvine is an acknowledged center for the study of social
informatics, which incorporates the social and cultural aspects of
information technology development and use.
Social informatics employs techniques and theories from
social sciences and cultural studies to understand the shaping and
applications of digital media and their organizational,
political, historical, and economic contexts.
This topic links information system analysis with design.
Research in computer vision lies at the intersection of vision science, artificial intelligence, computer graphics, and image processing. The focus here at UCI includes both theory and applications.
One focus is on the understanding of biological visual systems, including low, mid, and high-level processing. We examine fundamental issues in perception including include boundary detection, perceptual grouping, appearance and shape modeling, and object representation.
We are ultimately interested in the computational mechanisms and principles that govern human visual perception.
We are also interested in computer vision from a system perspective.
Digital media content is widespread in today's society; digital cameras and camcorders are now everywhere. Medical and biological experimentation also produce immense quantities of visual data that cannot be manually processed.
A major challenge that lies ahead is the creation of systems that process, search and manipulate this visual data.
Applications include image search, video surveillance, and biological image analysis.
Ubiquitous computing refers to the creation and deployment of
computing technology in such a way that it becomes an invisible part
of the fabric of everyday life and commerce.
In the ubiquitous computing
era, computers in the traditional sense gradually fade from view. Information
and communication mediated by computers is available anywhere and anytime
through devices that are embedded in our environment, completely inter-connected,
intuitive, effortlessly portable and constantly available.
Users share
information and communicate continuously throughout the day. In short,
ubiquitous computing provides computing for all - access to anything,
by anyone, at anytime, anywhere.
Advances in wireless networking and the Internet, embedded systems
and human-computer interaction are the forerunners for ubiquitous
computing. It is the convergence of these and other technologies
that brings about the trend towards ubiquitous computing.
Ubiquitous
computing places considerable requirements on both hardware and software
development and support, increasing needs for information and data
analysis, and also leads to new applications that improve society.
Ubiquitous computing builds upon and unites virtually all of the
current research strengths in the Bren School. With particular emphasis on ubiquitous
computing, the Bren School faculty are addressing issues such as context-aware
computing, whereby mobile computing responds to one's current context.
The CS faculty in this area conduct research to develop new general-purpose computer architectures and computer design tools, investigate software-architecture interaction and co-design, design application- and domain-specific architectures, and many other topics.
Focuses on the field of visual computing that deals with
generating/capturing, representing, rendering and interacting with
synthetic
and real-world images and video. We work on end-to-end solutions
from capturing of images and geometry; representing large geometric,
image, and video data sets; geometry and image processing;
interactive access and rendering of large visual data sets; algorithms
for
building large area immersive displays for the presentation of
visual content; and interaction techniques in both small personal
displays
and in large displays for collaborative environments.
Current and future research areas include, but are not limited to:
Designing new cameras with advanced capabilities for
capturing real-world scenes.
Image processing for enhanced visual content quality
Computational geometry and graph algorithms for
geometry processing
Interactive rendering of very large geometric data
sets.
Sketch based modeling and interaction for personal
displays.
Applications are Internet-based visualization of remotely located
complex objects, volume manipulation and visualization, geographic
information systems, and simplified 3-D rendering based on 2-D
images.
In recognition of the interdisciplinary nature of statistics on
the computational field, UCI created
an independent Department of Statistics that joined the Bren
School of ICS in July 2003.
An emerging
field
of study in information and computer sciences, Statistics faculty members bring with them a strength
in statistical theory and a focus on the development of statistical
methods for solving problems.
Researchers at UCI are concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data. Statistical principles and methods are important for addressing questions in public policy, medicine, industry and virtually every branch of science.
Research in artificial intelligence and machine learning addresses
some of the most exciting and challenging problems in computer
science today.
How can computers interpret large sets of images without any human supervision? How can algorithms intelligently search the Web and make sense of millions of text documents? What are the fundamental principles that govern systems that perform automated reasoning?
UCI researchers are at the forefront of building the next generation of intelligent systems. Their projects span a broad range of open research problems, combining basic theoretical principles from algorithms, probability, and applied mathematics, with highly visible and interdisciplinary applications in areas such as computer vision, bioinformatics, constraint-based problem solving, text understanding, data mining, smart sensor networks.
Humanity is currently facing a range of significant environmental challenges such as global warming, species extinction, pollution, and overpopulation. Informatics tools and techniques can help facilitate responses to these challenges, and assist with planning for future environmental issues.
Researchers in the Bren School are working on projects relating to scientific collaboration, environmental monitoring, interactive education, social networking, and a wide range of other environmental topics.
These efforts involve collaborations with faculty from departments around campus including Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Education, and Operations & Decision Technologies.
By connecting research on computing and information science with work in these and other fields, environmental informatics can help human civilizations move toward more sustainable ways of living.
Embedded Systems are ubiquitous and range from small devices (e.g.,
motion sensors or smart phones) to large systems-of-systems
(e.g., airplanes or hybrid cars). The convergence of
multiple trends -- including rapid miniaturization of computer
electronics
and advances in software development and connectivity --
enable embedded software and hardware to monitor, compute and control
a wide array of physically engineered systems. Numerous
examples of such products exist in the automotive, telecom, bio-medical,
avionics, consumer electronics, and other industries.
Embedded systems must often deliver functionality within
tight constraints (e.g., real-time, power, and reliability).
Additionally,
safety-critical embedded systems must deliver provably
correct behavior when interfacing with physical sensors and actuators
that
interact with the environment. Thus research in embedded
systems is highly interdisciplinary in nature, requiring a tight
integration of core CS principles with domain specific
knowledge of the end application/environment.
Researchers at the Bren School cover a broad range of
embedded systems research topics, including topics such as embedded
software,
architectures for embedded computer systems, design
automation, embedded systems methodologies, validation and verification,
formal
methods, and cyber-physical systems.
Theoretical computer science aims at understanding the
mathematical structure of computational problems in order to derive
efficient and scalable solutions to those problems.
Bren School faculty members have made significant
contributions to many topics in this field, including:
Graph algorithms and graph drawing (computing with systems of pairwise interactions between
objects such as web page links, protein interactions, or social networks)
Computational geometry (computing with planar or spatial data)
String and tree algorithms (for indexing and processing large textual and XML documents, and DNA sequence information)
Data compression (computationally efficient methods for removing redundancy from stored information)
Online algorithms (automated decision making in the face of uncertainty)
HCI research at UCI stretches from the architecture of novel interactive systems to the social and cultural considerations of information technology adoption and use. We employ laboratory, ethnographic, and prototyping techniques to understand how people adopt, adapt, and respond to information systems. Recent research has investigated privacy issues in mobile systems, tangible interfaces for group awareness, interactive animation, and visualization of location information.
The operating systems area at UCI embraces a wide range of topics related to theory and practice of computer systems software. Researchers here are building systems for reliable and efficient big data processing, mobile I/O virtualization, program analyses and various other applications.
Research in databases and data mining addresses exciting research
challenges related to architectures, index structures,
algorithms, models, and performance evaluation of a variety
of next-generation databases and information systems and technologies
for data mining. Current topics of interest include
database systems, data analysis and data cleansing, data warehousing
systems,
information integration tools, search techniques, scalable
data-intensive computing, data sharing, data dissemination, and
statistical data mining. Current projects are exploring
challenges in the realization of such systems stemming from data volume,
complexity, diversity, and heterogeneity, and emerging
application needs including privacy and security, mobility, quality of
data,
quality of service, and reliability and robustness in
extreme situations.
Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements.
Awards, grants and other honors can be sent to communications@ics.uci.edu to be considered for publication.
WINTER 2016
Gary Olson, 2 ICS Alums receive SIGCHI honors
Gary Olson
Informatics professor Gary Olson has received a Lifetime Service Award from the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer–Human Interaction (SIGCHI), as part of the group’s annual effort to recognize and honor leaders and shapers within the field of human-computer interaction.
According to the award website, recipients of the Lifetime Service Award are individuals who have contributed to the growth and success of SIGCHI in a variety of capacities over a number of years. Olson has worked in the human-computer interaction (HCI) field since 1983, when he and colleagues Judy Olson (a fellow informatics professor), Paul Green and Marilyn Mantei taught the first graduate course on the subject at the University of Michigan.
Olson’s contribution to HCI has largely revolved around the concept of distance. From the mid-1980s he and Judy Olson began researching the role technology plays in collaboration. The pair published their highly cited paper, “Distance Matters,” on the subject in 2000 and later authored “Working Together Apart.” Olson has long played an active role in SIGCHI, co-chairing and chairing numerous conferences, as well as award and steering committees. SIGCHI previously elected Olson to the CHI academy and, along with Judy Olson, awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
In addition to Olson, two ICS alumni were also honored in this year’s round of awards. Leysia Palen, professor and founding chair of the newly established Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, was elected to the CHI academy. She earned her Ph.D. in information and computer science in 1998. Daniel Russell, a senior research scientist at Google, was also elected to the CHI academy. He earned his B.S. in information and computer science in 1977 and has been recognized as a UC Irvine Lauds & Laurels Distinguished Alumnus.
Kobsa receives Mercator Fellowship
Alfred Kobsa
Informatics professor Alfred Kobsa has received a Mercator Fellowship from the German Research Foundation (DFG), the largest research funding organization in Germany. The Mercator fellowship will enable Kobsa—whose research focuses on the areas of user modeling and personalized systems, privacy, support for personal health maintenance, and information visualization—to participate in “intensive, long-term project-based collaboration between researchers from both domestic and foreign institutions,” according to the DFG. Throughout the duration of the fellowship, Kobsa will work both on-site at a German institution and continue his project collaboration here in Irvine. “Foreign Mercator Fellowship holders are awarded the title of Mercator Fellows in recognition of their dedication,” the DFG notes.
As the largest independent research funding organization in Germany, the DFG “promotes the advancement of science and the humanities by funding research projects, research [centers] and networks, and facilitating cooperation among researchers,” according to its website. It also joins major international funding counterparts like the National Science Foundation and the Royal Society as a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
FALL 2015
Franz named 2016 IEEE Fellow
Michael Franz
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named Computer Science Professor Michael Franz a 2016 IEEE Fellow. Franz is being recognized by IEEE for his contributions to just-in-time compilation as well as his contributions to computer security through compiler-generated software diversity.
The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors upon a person with an outstanding record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. It is the highest grade of membership and is recognized by the technical community as a prestigious honor and an important career achievement. The total number of fellows selected in any one year cannot exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the total voting membership. “It is a great achievement receiving recognition from one's peers and being included among such a distinguished group of IEEE members," says Franz.
The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity with 400,000 members in 160 countries. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, the IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world’s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed more than 900 active industry standards.
Tsudik elected to The Academy of Europe
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik has been elected a member of The Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), the organization dedicated to the “advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages in the aforesaid subjects in Europe,” according to the organization’s website.
Tsudik was elected to the computational and information science-focused section—dubbed the Informatics section—of the academy. Membership is by invitation only, with invitations made only after a peer group nomination and rigorous scrutiny of the eminence and scholarship of the potential member. Tsudik is the only United States-based member elected to the Informatics section in 2015, joining a total of 11 U.S. members in the 237 member total section.
The Academy of Europe endeavors to encourage the highest possible standards in scholarship, identifying topics of trans-European importance to science and scholarship, as well as making recommendations to national governments and international agencies concerning matters affecting science, scholarship and academic life in Europe. It counts among its members some of the foremost scholars in the world. Tsudik joins in the Informatics section eminent U.S.-based scholars like Victor Vianu, computer scientist and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the ACM, and Mihalis Yannakakis, professor of computer science at Columbia University and winner of the 2015 Donald E. Knuth prize—awarded to those who have made outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science.
NSA grants Tsudik $286K for cybersecurity research
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor's Professor of computer science Gene Tsudik has received a $286,000 grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) for his project “ERADS: Efficient Remote Attestation of Dynamic Swarms.”
As embedded devices—including automotive sensors or controllers, drones, household appliances, and factory automation components—proliferate into many aspects of everyday life, they also become targets for attacks. This project aims to develop techniques for detecting and mitigating malware infestations of networks consisting of a myriad of such embedded devices.
The NSA designates UC Irvine as a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE), with a focus in Information Assurance Research. Institutions with CAE designations promote higher education in information assurance—the management of risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of data—and cyber defense, while helping to meet the need to reduce vulnerabilities in the Nation’s networks. The grant comes out of the CAE cybersecurity research program.
Informatics Ph.D. student to present at ACM-DEV 2015
Ankita Raturi
Informatics Ph.D. student Ankita Raturi received an ACM Women in Computing (ACM-W) scholarship to attend the ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (ACM DEV), held at the Queen Mary University of London in December. ACM-W provides scholarships to enable women in computer science to attend research conferences around the world.
At ACM DEV, Raturi will present on a paper she co-authored with current and former UC Irvine faculty Bill Tomlinson, Bonnie Nardi, Donald J. Patterson, Debra Richardson, Jean-Daniel Saphores and Dan Stokols. The paper, “Toward Alternative Decentralized Infrastructures,” looks at how we can build interfaces between infrastructures to improve robustness, reliability and resilience. “Enabling communities to transition to a more resilient configuration of infrastructures is crucial for establishing a distributed portfolio of processes and systems by which human needs may be met,” Raturi says.
This will be Raturi’s first time at the conference, “an ideal venue for this work to be presented,” Raturi says. The conference is a platform for “original and innovative work on the applications, technologies, architectures and protocols for computing in developing regions,” according to the ACM DEV website.
“Having the opportunity to present my work, engage with the community and learn from leading researchers in my field is a major part of my professional growth," Raturi says. "Discussing our work with experts who have been working on computing for development will be incredibly valuable.”
Ziv collaborates in groundbreaking NSF-funded privacy research
The project attempts to bring privacy protection to the forefront of software developer’s minds in the wake of the explosion of big data. “Software professionals typically have no formal training or education on sociotechnical aspects of privacy. As a result, addressing privacy issues raised by a system is frequently an afterthought and/or a matter of compliance-check during the late phases of the system development lifecycle,” the project’s abstract explains. To tackle this challenge, the project’s research team will develop “privacy ideation cards” based on relevant U.S. laws and regulations, which “can potentially transform how privacy-relevant aspects are handled in real-world software solutions built by industry and inform how students are taught these issues in undergraduate software curricula.” The team includes Principal Investigator Sameer Patil from New York University, who received a $175,000 Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) for the project, Ziv, Janice Tsai of Microsoft and Jonathan Fox of Intel.
In addition to the deck of privacy ideation cards, the project will promote privacy by design, making privacy protection a built-in framework for all software development. Ziv will connect the research team with students in his senior Capstone Informatics project course, “as a test-bed for ideas and presentations related to privacy,” Ziv says. “Their engagement will affect change in the students' projects. I will likely participate in collecting and analyzing data about those changes.”
Professor Tsudik Keynoting Two Conferences in November
Study reveals ICS degree-friendly jobs have the best work-life balance
Careers in data science, user experience design, web development and software engineering promote excellent work-life balance, according to a survey from Glassdoor, a job rankings website.
Glassdoor notes that, across the board, employee satisfaction with work-life balance has been declining in the past few years, but there are a number of careers that won’t leave employees working 24/7—many of these careers bolstered by skills learned at the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS).
Glassdoor analyzed feedback from around 60,000 company reviews to determine the top 25 careers where employees report balance between their personal lives and the workplace. Among the 25, 10 were careers in tech, including data scientist (#1), user experience (UX) designer (#7), web developer (#10), instructional designer (#14), software quality assurance (QA) engineer (#16), web designer (#17), data analyst (#20), solutions engineer (#22), software developer (#24), and front-end developer (#25).
ICS is well-placed to foster future careers in tech. As the only school focused on computer and information sciences in the University of California system, ICS offers undergraduate programs of study in business information management, computer game science, computer science, computer science and engineering, informatics, and software engineering. The newly established data science major is unique at the undergraduate level, equipping budding data scientists—Glassdoor’s career with the highest work-life balance—with the necessary combined skills in computing and statistics. The major is part of UC Irvine’s Data Science Initiative, a coordinated effort to bring together researchers and students across campus involved in various aspects of data science.
At the graduate level, students at ICS can pursue deeper educational opportunities in computer science, informatics, embedded systems, networked systems, software engineering, and statistics.
Tsudik part of panel at UCI-Nossaman Cybersecurity Symposium
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik took part in a panel at the 2015 UCI-Nossaman Cybersecurity Symposium at the City Club Los Angeles on Oct. 12. The symposium, titled “Cybersecurity, Data Breach and Privacy: A Dialogue on the Rising Risks and Evolving Legal Landscape,” was a joint effort by the UC Irvine School of Law and Nossaman LLP, a nationwide law firm that has made privacy and security one of its focus areas. The emphasis of the panel that Tsudik spoke on was “Not If, But When — Hack Offensives, Investigating Breaches, and Closing the Gaps on Data Leaks.”
Postdoctoral scholar Per Larsen recognized as “DARPA Riser”
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has recognized assistant project scientist in computer science Per Larsen as a “DARPA Riser.” The early-career honor is conferred to “up-and-coming standouts in their fields, capable of discovering and leveraging innovative opportunities for technological surprise—the heart of DARPA’s national security mission,” DARPA says.
Larsen, along with 54 other honorees from around the country, attended “Wait, What? A Future Technology Forum,” in September with special guest U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (the gentleman on the left in the photo). The forum, which drew more than 1,200 participants from around the world, explored future technologies “on their potential to radically change how we live and work, and on the opportunities and challenges these technologies will raise within the broadly defined domain of national security,” according to the event website. Larsen was among a small subset of honorees who were treated to lunch with the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
“DARPA organized Wait, What? to bring together forward-looking thinkers across a host of fields that are abundant with possibilities,” DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar said in the event press release. “In particular, our DARPA Rising effort aimed to identify and inspire some of the nation’s emerging leaders in research and technology—so we at DARPA can learn from them, and to make them aware of opportunities to apply their expertise in the important domain of national security.”
Larsen works as a postdoctoral scholar with Computer Science Professor Michael Franz. His research interests include information security, including software diversity and exploits and mitigations; compilers, including profiling, randomization and control-flow integrity; and systems software, including interpreters and virtual machines.
Van der Hoek to speak at SCSIM Fall Event
André van der Hoek
Department of Informatics Chair André van der Hoek will be speaking at the Southern California Society for Information Management (SCSIM) Fall Event: “The Southern California Disruptors—How Startups and the New Innovation Culture in Southern California are affecting IT” on Sept. 30 at the Long Beach Marriott. As the head of the UCI Software Design and Collaboration Lab, van der Hoek is part of a three-person panel that will relate their applicable experiences crucial to participating in the new business environment developing around us.
SUMMER 2015
Franz amasses $3.9 million in research funding
Michael Franz
This year alone, Computer Science Professor Michael Franz has accumulated over $3.9 million in research funding from prestigious organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Qualcomm, Oracle and Mozilla. This follows his trend of more than $1 million per year on average in research expenditures.
Franz currently runs two projects funded by DARPA’s Cyber Fault-Tolerant Attack Recovery (CFAR) Program, for which he received nearly $2 million and roughly $700,000 in May, respectively. The CFAR Program aims to “produce revolutionary breakthroughs in defensive cyber techniques that can be deployed to protect existing and planned software systems in both military and civilian contexts without requiring changes to the concept of operations of these systems,” according to a statement by program manager John Everett.
Franz also runs a project funded by DARPA’s Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware Program (VET), which addresses “the threat of hidden malicious functionality in COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) IT devices ... including mobile phones, printers, computer workstations and many other everyday items,” according to a statement by program manager Timothy Fraser. He received nearly $65,000 for this project.
Finally, in July, Franz received nearly $620,000 from the NSF for a collaborative project titled “ENCORE—ENhanced program protection through COmpiler-REwriter cooperation.” According to the abstract, the project will produce “a prototype implementation consisting of a producer-side metadata derivation engine, and a consumer-side binary rewriting engine using this metadata to safely perform binary code manipulation.” In the past year, Franz has also received unrestricted gifts from Qualcomm, Oracle and Mozilla totaling $263,000.
Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements.
Awards, grants and other honors can be sent to communications@ics.uci.edu to be considered for publication.
SUMMER 2013
Papers by LUCI lab faculty, students lauded at UbiComp 2013
Don Patterson
Associate professor Don Patterson and fellow authors of the research paper “Inferring High-Level Behavior from Low-Level Sensors” were presented the 10 Year Impact Award at the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2013), held September 8-12 in Zurich, Switzerland.
According to the award committee, the paper, first presented at UbiComp 2003, “is an excellent example of how one can learn very useful context information from simple GPS traces, and it formed the basis for today's thriving smart cities/smart transportation work. It is a nice example of how higher order information can be gleaned from everyday sensing — which is an important thread of work at Ubicomp and one of the enduring methods.”
Chancellor’s Professor Gene Tsudik gave the keynote talk “Secure and Minimal Architecture for Remote Attestation of Embedded Devices” at the 12th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-13), held July 16-18 in Melbourne, Australia.
The annual conference brings together researchers and practitioners working on trusted computing and communications, and provides a forum to present and discuss emerging ideas and trends in this highly challenging research field.
Tsudik’s research interests include many topics in security, privacy and applied cryptography. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Information and Systems Security (TISSEC).
Baldi selected as ISCB Fellow
Pierre Baldi
The International Society for Computational Biology has selected Chancellor’s Professor Pierre Baldi as an ISCB Fellow.
The ISCB Fellows program honors members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. The 2013 fellows were recognized at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference, held July 21-23 in Berlin.
Baldi, who directs the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics at UC Irvine, also is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
His research focuses on understanding biological and artificial intelligence, through the development of machine learning and data mining approaches to study fundamental problems in chemo- and bio-informatics, systems biology, and computational neuroscience. His group has developed databases and software applications for use in numerous biology and chemistry settings, including comparing genomes, predicting protein properties, understanding gene regulation, and screening and designing new drugs.
Ihler receives NSF CAREER Award
Alexander Ihler
Alexander Ihler, associate professor of computer science, has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his project, “Estimation and Decisions in Graphical Models.” Ihler will receive $442,000 over five years for his CAREER project, which seeks to develop a new framework for exact and approximate methods for advanced computational reasoning problems. It extends the abilities of intelligent systems to reasoning and decision-making under uncertainty, and it applies and tests these methods on a variety of application domains, including sensor networks and computer vision.
The CAREER program is the NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty members. Awardees are chosen because they exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
Ihler joined the UC Irvine faculty in 2007. His research focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning, specifically on statistical methods for learning from data and on approximate inference techniques for graphical models. Applications of his work include data mining and information fusion in sensor networks, computer vision and image processing, and computational biology.
Smyth serves as program chair for UAI 2013
Padhraic Smyth
Computer science professor Padhraic Smyth served as program chair for the 29th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI 2013), held July 11-15 in Bellevue, Wash. Sponsored by Microsoft Research, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Toyota and IBM, UAI is the leading international conference on the use of probabilistic models and algorithms in artificial intelligence and machine learning. More than 240 papers were submitted to the conference; 73 were accepted for presentation at the meeting, after extensive peer review by a program committee of over 200 researchers in the area. Topics included approximate inference algorithms, machine learning methods, causal models, Markov decision processes, and applications in medical diagnosis, biology and text analysis.
Tomlinson’s work contributes to UCI’s STARS gold rating
Bill Tomlinson
UC Irvine has received the prestigious STARS gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, in part due to informatics professor Bill Tomlinson’s efforts. The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System measures and encourages responsible stewardship of Earth's resources in all aspects of higher education.
Over the past several years Tomlinson, who heads the Social Code Group, and his team have undertaken a series of information technology projects — e.g., Software Engineering for Sustainability; Games, Education, and Sustainability; and Resource Sharing — that have contributed to the STARS gold rating.
Tomlinson’s 2010 MIT Press book, “Greening through IT,” explores the ideas behind these projects, which have been presented at the National Science Foundation’s Workshop on the Role of Information Sciences and Engineering in Sustainability and at the National Academies’ Workshop on Innovation in Computing and Information Technology for Sustainability.
Brock awarded Data Science for Social Good fellowship
John Brock
Computer science Ph.D. student John Brock is among three dozen fellows taking part in the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Data Science for Social Good program this summer.
The highly selective program — founded by Google chairman Eric Schmidt and the University of Chicago’s Rayid Ghani — allows fellows to work closely with governments and nonprofits to take on real-world challenges in such areas as education, health, energy and transportation. From June through August, they will apply their coding, machine learning and quantitative skills, collaborate in teams, and learn from mentors in industry, academia and the Obama campaign.
The 36 fellows — a mix of graduate and undergraduate students from all over the world — were selected from a pool of 550 applicants.
Brock, who last fall received the inaugural Butterworth Recruitment Fellowship from the Bren School, is primarily interested in applied machine learning, computing in developing countries and crisis informatics.
Mazmanian receives early career faculty award from Intel
Melissa Mazmanian
Assistant professor of informatics Melissa Mazmanian has been awarded $40,000 as part of the 2013 Intel Early Career Faculty Honor Program (ECFHP). The ECFHP was created to help Intel connect with the best and brightest early career faculty members at top universities around the world. The award supports recipients’ academic research and allows them to travel to Intel and/or Intel-sponsored events in order to network and collaborate with the company’s researchers.
Mazmanian’s research interests revolve around the experience of communication technologies as used in-practice within organizational and personal contexts. She has conducted a variety of ethnographic and qualitative research projects on the individual experience and social dynamics that emerge when people adapt to using wireless modes of communication.
Gillen joins NIH Center for Scientific Review study section
Dan Gillen
Associate professor of statistics Dan Gillen has been appointed to a six-year term as a member of the Biostatistical Methods and Research Design (BMRD) Study Section, a division of the National Institutes of Health’s Center for Scientific Review.
Study sections review grant applications submitted to the NIH, make recommendations on these applications to the appropriate NIH national advisory council or board, and survey the status of research in their fields of science. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors. The BMRD Study Section reviews applications focused on the development and application of statistical methodology for biomedical studies.
Gillen’s research focuses primarily on the development of statistical methodology for censored survival data and group sequential methods for the design and analysis of clinical trials. He serves as associate editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association and the Journal of Statistical Software, and is past president of the Western North American Region of the International Biometrics Society.
SPRING 2013
Tsudik awarded Astor Visiting Lecturership
Gene Tsudik
Computer science professor Gene Tsudik in May gave a talk on “Security and Privacy in Named-Data Networking” at the University of Oxford as an Astor Visiting Lecturer. Astor Visiting Lecturerships provide funding for weeklong visits by distinguished academics from the United States to Oxford. Only one per year is granted in the area of computer science.
Tsudik currently serves as Director of Secure Computing and Networking Center (SCONCE) and Director of the Networked Systems (NetSys) Graduate Program at UC Irvine. Since 2009, he has been the Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Information and Systems Security (TISSEC).
CS team receives ACM ICMR Best Paper Award
Dmitri Kalashnikov
Sharad Mehrotra
Liyan Zhang
Associate adjunct professor of computer science Dmitri Kalashnikov, computer science professor Sharad Mehrotra and Ph.D. student Liyan Zhang received a Best Paper Award at the 2013 ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval. Their paper,
“A Unified Framework for Context Assisted Face Clustering,”
develops a novel context-based methodology for improving the quality of automatic face clusters — a key component for face tagging and image management. The proposed framework is capable of fusing heterogeneous contextual features and self-tunes to a given image album by leveraging bootstrapping ideas.
ACM ICMR 2013,
held April 16-19 in Dallas, is a top international conference on multimedia retrieval.
Smyth presents talk at SIAM International Conference on Data Mining
Padhraic Smyth
Computer science professor Padhraic Smyth gave an invited plenary talk on “Modeling Individual-Level Data in the 21st Century” at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) International Conference on Data Mining. Considered one of the major international conferences in the field of data mining, the May 2-4 event in Austin, Texas, drew leading academic and industry researchers from North America, Europe and Asia. Smyth's talk described how we, in recent decades, have progressed from collecting relatively simple data about individuals (such as age and address) to much more detailed behavioral data from both the digital world (web browsing and searches, social media data, email), as well as the physical world (fitness, activity and sleep monitoring devices). In his talk, Smyth outlined what new algorithmic techniques will be required to analyze such data and how this type of analysis can benefit individuals in a variety of ways, including health monitoring and personal information management.
NSF fellowship awarded to 1st-year Ph.D. student
Kristin Roher
Ph.D. student Kristin Roher has been awarded a 2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP). She is among 32 UC Irvine students to have received the fellowship this year.
The highly prestigious
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
is designed to help ensure the vitality and diversity of the scientific and engineering workforce in the United States. It provides outstanding graduate students with three years of support, including a $30,000 annual stipend.
Roher’s research goal is to contribute to the effort of aiding developing societies in becoming more environmentally sustainable through IT interventions — “greening through IT” — in hopes that it will help reduce the looming threats of global climate change and other environmental concerns. She is interested in designing technologies that will help software developers build systems that meet stakeholder needs while reducing the environmental impacts brought about by those systems — “Software Engineering for Sustainability.”
Microsoft Research, Google Research and UC Mexus recognize Hayes
Gillian Hayes
Assistant professor of informatics Gillian Hayes has been awarded three grants totaling $110,000 in support of her research on children with autism and on families of high-risk infants.
Most recently Hayes received a 2013 Software Engineering Innovation Foundation (SEIF) award, presented by Microsoft Research, for her project “Empowering Interactive Surfaces with Body-Based Interactions to Provide Step-by-Step Guidance to Children with ASD.” SEIF supports academic research in software engineering technologies, tools, practices and teaching methods. Hayes’ proposal was one of 16 worldwide this year to receive a $25,000
SEIF award.
In 2012 Hayes received a $60,000
Google Faculty Research Award
for her proposal “Providing Privacy-Sensitive Social
Support for Families of High-Risk Infants Using Mobile Computing.”
Google Research Awards support the work of world-class full-time faculty
members at top universities around the world. Additionally, Hayes and
co-PI Monica Tentori of CICESE (The Ensenada Center for
Scientific Research and Higher Education) received $25,000 in seed funding from
UC Mexus
(the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States) for their project “Enriching Interactive Visual Supports with Video Modeling for Children with Autism.”
Associate professor of computer science Ian Harris and his student Zi-Shun Huang received the Best Paper Cyber Security award at the 13th annual IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (IEEE HST) for “Return-Oriented Vulnerabilities in ARM Executables.” The paper explores detecting security vulnerabilities in ARM processors, the predominant type of processor used in mobile and embedded applications.
IEEE HST is the leading international conference addressing the challenges of homeland security technology innovation gaps. It brings together innovators from leading academic, industry, business, Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, and government programs to provide a forum to discuss ideas, concepts, and experimental results.
Harris' research interests include functional verification, natural language processing for design automation, and embedded systems security. Huang’s research has a strong focus on security issues and attack/defense on ARM processors.
WINTER 2013
Richardson receives Retrospective Paper Award
Debra Richardson
Informatics professor Debra Richardson and co-authors Stephanie Leif Aha and T. Owen O'Malley have received a 2013 ACM SIGSOFT Retrospective Paper Award for “Specification-based Test Oracles for Reactive Systems,” which appeared in ICSE ’92: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Software Engineering.
A leader in software engineering research, Richardson inspired much of the work in “specification-based testing,” beginning with her early development of the Partition Analysis Method, which proposed incorporating information from both specification and implementation in an integrated application of verification and testing techniques.
Fowlkes receives NSF CAREER Award
Charless Fowlkes
Charless Fowlkes, assistant professor of computer science, has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for his project, “Combinatorial Inference and Learning for Fusing Recognition and Perceptual Grouping.” The CAREER program is NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty members. Awardees are chosen because they exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.
Fowlkes will receive more than $500,000 over five years for his CAREER project. His research focuses on computational vision, both in understanding the information processing capabilities of the human visual system and in developing machine vision systems. He also works on developing tools for biological image analysis in order to measure morphology and spatial patterns of gene expression in developing animals.
Assembling complete individual genomes: Xie, Li awarded $662K NIH grant
Xiaohui Xie
Chen Li
Computer science faculty Xiaohui Xie and Chen Li have been awarded a three-year grant of nearly $662,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop new computational tools essential for future advances in sequencing human genomes.
DNA sequencing has become an indispensable tool for basic biomedical research, understanding disease mechanisms and the development of new, increasingly personalized treatments. Current sequencing of an individual’s genome is done by extracting short segments of DNA, randomly sampling those segments and then assembling the hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of billions, of pieces into a whole genome, which remains a costly undertaking. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques, which enable the rapid generation of billions of bases of genes at relatively low cost, pose a significant computational challenge on how to analyze the large amount of sequence data efficiently and accurately.
“Although a number of computational tools have been developed to address this problem, they are insufficient in mapping and studying genome features located within repeat, duplicated and other so-called unmappable regions of genomes,” says Xie.
The primary goal of his NIH-funded research is to develop computational algorithms and open-source software to improve both the efficiency and accuracy of NGS analysis tools and expand the accessibility of those tools to previously understudied regions. This will create a new way of mapping the sequencing to the reference genome, identifying all mapping locations instead of one or only a few. That will be followed by a machine-learning method to resolve ambiguously mapped reads by pooling information from the entire collection of reads.
UCI computer scientists on the project are collaborating with biologists developing NGS assays to study biomedical problems, including Timothy Osborne of Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Kyoko Yokomori of the UCI School of Medicine and Ken Cho of UCI’s School of Biological Sciences.
The UCI team’s work to reduce the cost and improve the accuracy of sequencing ultimately may make it possible to create an individual patient’s genome as part of a routine diagnostic procedure.
Meenakshisundaram, Mukherjee receive best paper award at ICVGIP 2012
Gopi Meenakshisundaram
Uddipan Mukherjee
“Tweening Boundary Curves of Non-Simple Immersions of a Disk,” by associate professor of computer science
Gopi Meenakshisundaram
and Ph.D. student
Uddipan Mukherjee,
won the sole best paper award at the eighth Indian Conference of Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP) held in Mumbai, India.
Tweening, also known as shape morphing, is an important concept in keyframe animation wherein an initial shape is transformed smoothly into a final shape. The paper introduces a robust tweening algorithm capable of creating smooth transformations between non-simple polygonal shapes that are immersions of a disk. All the intermediate shapes that are generated by the authors’ algorithm are guaranteed to be disk immersions.
Both Meenakshisundaram and Mukherjee are members of UC Irvine’s Interactive Graphics and Visualization lab, also known as iGravi. Meenakshisundaram’s research focuses primarily on topics related to geometry and topology motivated by problems in computer graphics and interactive rendering, medical and biological image processing and visualization. Mukherjee’s research interests include computer graphics, geometry processing, image processing and multimedia.
Enhancing privacy in embedded systems: Tsudik receives grant from Bosch
Gene Tsudik
Bosch Research and Technology Center has awarded computer science professor
Gene Tsudik
$50,000 to support his efforts to enhance privacy in embedded systems. This grant represents the first partnership between Bosch and UC Irvine.
The term “embedded systems” refers to systems that control specific functions within a larger structure. Embedded systems help control everything from pacemakers, security systems and cell phones to planes, trains and automobiles. Used by the billions in countless applications, these systems have become essential to daily life. As long as they operate safely and effectively, most of us never even think about them.
Tsudik, who also directs the Secure Computing and Networking Center (SCONCE) at UCI, continuously explores ways to increase the security of such systems. Bosch Research and Technology Center — the research arm of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of appliances, automotive components, security systems, medical equipment and many other devices dependent on embedded systems — sought Tsudik’s collaboration in research on embedded systems security.
As more devices use embedded systems, and as these systems increasingly communicate with other equipment, privacy becomes even more challenging and essential. “Communication between embedded systems is like opening a new door,” Tsudik observes. “Once that door is open, you never know who — or what — might come in.”
Through his collaboration with Bosch and his ongoing research, Tsudik seeks to improve security and to maintain integrity of embedded devices in the most efficient manner.
Li, Mehrotra receive DASFAA 10-year Best Paper Award
Chen Li
Sharad Mehrotra
Computer science professors Chen Li and Sharad Mehrotra have won the 2013 DASFAA 10-year Best Paper Award, to be presented by the Database Systems for Advanced Applications at its 18th international conference. The award recognizes the best paper from DASFAA proceedings 10 years prior, based on the criterion that the paper has had the biggest impact (research, products, methodology) over the last decade.
Li and Mehrotra’s 2003 paper, “Efficient Record Linkage in Large Data Sets,” co-authored with Liang Jin (M.S. ’03) describes an efficient and accurate approach to record linkage.
The annual DASFAA international database conference provides a forum for technical presentations and discussions among database researchers, developers and users from academia, business and industry. DASFAA 2013 will be held April in Wuhan, China.
Mehrotra’s current research focuses on building sentient spaces using multimodal sensors, data privacy and data quality. Li’s research interests are in the fields of databases and information retrieval, including search, data-intensive computing, data integration and sharing, data warehouses, data cleansing, and Web information management.
The National Science Foundation has awarded computer science professor Max Welling and assistant professor of statistics Babak Shahbaba $500,000 to fund the project "Efficient Bayesian Learning from Stochastic Gradients."
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is a technique that allows one to draw representative samples from almost any probability distribution. While the MCMC technology has revolutionized the usefulness of Bayesian statistics over the last few decades, it has not been able to scale well to today’s very large data problems. Welling and Shahbaba will examine a new family of MCMC procedures that requires only a few hundred data-cases per update.
"We believe this new class of methods will for the first time unlock the full strength of Bayesian methods for very large datasets," stated Welling and Shahbaba in their NSF proposal. "Due to their highly practical nature, the techniques developed under this grant are likely to gain widespread acceptance across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines as well as in industry."
The grant will enable UC Irvine students to collaborate with students and postdocs from the University of Oxford and the University of Bristol. Research results will be integrated into artificial intelligence and machine learning courses at UCI through class projects.
Johnson elected to IBS executive board
Wesley Johnson
Statistics professor Wesley Johnson has been elected to the International Biometric Society (IBS) executive board. IBS promotes the development and application of statistical and mathematical theory and methods in the biosciences. Members include statisticians, mathematicians, biological scientists and others devoted to interdisciplinary efforts in advancing the collection and interpretation of information in the biosciences.
Johnson’s eclectic research interests include developing Bayesian statistical methods for biostatistical and epidemiologic applications. He is currently involved with collaborative efforts to develop Bayesian nonparametric and semi-parametric methods in survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, analysis of diagnostic outcome data, and joint modeling of survival and longitudinal data.
Nardi, alumna elected to 2013 CHI Academy
Bonnie Nardi
Beki Grinter
SIGCHI (Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction) has announced that informatics professor Bonnie Nardi and Bren School alumna Beki Grinter (MS ’94 and Ph.D. ’96) have been elected to the 2013 CHI Academy — an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction.
SIGCHI is the premier international society for professionals, academics and students who are interested in human-technology and human-computer interaction. CHI Academy members are considered principal leaders whose efforts have shaped the discipline and/or industry, and led the research and/or innovation in HCI. The criteria for election are:
cumulative contributions to the field
impact on the field through development of new research directions and/or innovations
influence on the work of others
Nardi is the fourth Bren School professor elected to the CHI Academy, joining fellow informatics faculty Paul Dourish (2008), Gary Olson (2003) and Judy Olson (2001). The Olsons also were recognized in 2006 with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the most prestigious honor given by SIGCHI. A complete list of the 2013 SIGCHI awardees is available
here.
Nardi’s research interests include activity theory, games and social media, interaction design, and society and technology. Her recent books include: “Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method,” written with Tom Boellstorff, Celia Pearce and T.L. Taylor, published in September 2012 by Princeton University Press, and “Materiality and Organizing: Social Interaction in a Technological World,” co-edited with Paul M. Leonardi and Jannis Kallinikos, published in January 2013 by Oxford University Press. Grinter is a professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
FALL 2012
CS professors, students receive SmartGridComm Best Paper Award
According to the abstract: “In this paper, a novel distributed control technique, which integrates tie-set graph theory with an intelligent agent system, is presented to distribute renewable energy resources to consumers in a future large-scale power grid connecting with huge amounts of real-time end-use devices on its demand side automatically and perfectly.”
The IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) is the premier conference aimed at developing the Smart Grid, which has become an urgent global priority — promising economic, environmental and societal benefits.
Eppstein receives GD2012 best paper award
“Planar Lombardi Drawings for Subcubic Graphs,” authored by computer science professor David Eppstein, has recieved the best paper award in the combinatorial and algorithmic aspects track of the
20th International Symposium on Graph Drawing.
Lombardi drawing is a style of information visualization inspired by the art of Mark Lombardi, who drew social networks in which the nodes and edges represent the players and financial connections in international conspiracies — using a style characterized by curved edges and even node spacing. Eppstein’s
paper
uses circle packings and hyperbolic geometry to show how to construct Lombardi drawings for every planar graph that has, at most, three edges per node.
Eppstein’s research focuses on many topics in computational geometry and graph algorithms, including: graph drawing and information visualization; dynamic graph algorithms and dynamic closest pair data structures; and mesh generation and optimal triangulation.
Securing the Internet’s next generation: Tsudik receives $95K from Cisco
Gene Tsudik
Cisco Systems has awarded $95,000 to help support the work of computer science professor Gene Tsudik in making the next-generation Internet more secure. An expert in computer security and privacy, Tsudik leads a team that is exploring security advantages and strengthening potential weaknesses of Named-Data Networking (NDN) in preventing denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Such attacks disable their victims by overloading them with communications from “zombies” or “bots” — that is, computers that have already been compromised by hackers for malicious purposes.
NDN aims to replace the current Internet Protocol (IP). Rather than the IP method of assigning names to computers and addresses to their network interfaces, NDN names the content that travels through the network. To provide trust in communicated information, each piece of named content must be signed by its producer.
The current IP-based Internet allows anyone to “talk” to any entity, such as a computer or a router. This opens the door for DoS and attack types. And attacks are not the only problem with today’s Internet. Tsudik says the Internet’s decades-old architecture “was not designed for the kind of communication that takes place over it today: web traffic and rich multimedia communication. It was primarily designed for email and remote terminal access.”
In other words, the Internet is not just threatened by hackers and other miscreants; it is also a victim of its own popularity. Billions of people use it intensively, and cracks are starting to show.
Tsudik is one of a number of experts from dozens of institutions who answered the call from the National Science Foundation to construct a more resilient future Internet architecture. To make that next incarnation safer from attacks (such as DoS), Tsudik and his group at UCI are collaborating with colleagues at the Palo Alto Research Center — where the security team is lead by Ersin Uzun, a former Ph.D. student of Tsudik’s — and UCLA. They are also jointly exploring privacy protection techniques for NDN.
Patterson receives AIJ Prominent Paper Award
Donald Patterson
Informatics associate professor Donald Patterson, with co-authors Lin Liao, Dieter Fox and Henry Kautz, have been recognized with the inaugural AIJ Prominent Paper Award. Their paper, “Learning and inferring transportation routines,” was published in volume 171 (April 2007) of the Artificial Intelligence journal. It introduces a hierarchical Markov model that can learn and infer a user’s daily movements through an urban community, and applies it in an application that helps cognitively-impaired people use public transportation safely.
The recently instituted AIJ Prominent Paper Award recognizes outstanding papers published not more than five years ago in the AI Journal that are exceptional in their significance and impact. Factors considered for the award include: the paper’s influence on a new line of research, whether the paper has made any major theoretical advances, and whether the paper has influenced applications.
Patterson said he and his co-authors have decided to donate their 500 Euro prize — which Google will match 1:1 — to the Alzheimer’s Association, “which is in line with the ideas in the paper.” Patterson’s current research interests focus on context-aware computing and how to make a computer operate appropriately when it leaves the office and moves into the greater world. He is a faculty affiliate of LUCI (Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction).
Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements for 2009.
Awards, grants and other honors can be sent to icsnews@ics.uci.edu to be considered for publication.
DECEMBER 2009
Tsudik and Uzun
awarded Google Research Award
Gene Tsudik
Gene Tsudik and Ersin Uzun
(PhD Candidate, Netsys Program) have been awarded a Google Research
Award for $50,000 for a research effort entitled "Secure and Usable Group Association of Personal Wireless Devices."
The goal of this research is to come up, and
experiment with, scalable, and usable techniques for spontaneous
*secure*
association among a group of wireless devices and
gadgets. The group device association problem arises whenever a set of
individuals, each "armed" with a personal wireless
device, want to set up a common secure communication channel for the
purpose
of a short-term meeting or a longer-term
collaboration. It also figures prominently in emergency response and law
enforcement
settings.
This project dovetails from a larger NSF-funded
project (jointly with Professor Alfred Kobsa) on secure
and
usable association of wireless devices.
Tsudik's research interests are mainly in
computer/network security, privacy and applied cryptography. His recent
work focuses on
privacy in Internet services, RFID systems and mobile
ad hoc networks, as well as security in sensor networks and storage
systems.
His research also covers secure group communication,
in particular, group key agreement, group signatures and group access
control.
Tsudik
appointed Cor Wit Chair
Gene Tsudik
Gene Tsudik, professor of computer
science, has been appointed Cor Wit Chair at Delft University of
Technology in
the Netherlands.
Established in 2003 by the Cor Wit Foundation, the
Cor Wit chair is awarded annually to international researchers in the
field of
telecommunications and computer systems whose
research focuses on the interface of technology and society. Gene
Tsudik's core
research is in Network Security & Privacy with
emphasis on cryptographic protocols in the context of wireless, sensor
and mobile
ad hoc networks.
Recipients are invited to work in the
Telecommunications Department of the Faculty Electrical Engineering,
Mathematics and
Computer Science (EEMCS) at Delft University of
Technology.
Associate Dean Magda El Zarki was
previously appointed Cor Wit chair in 2006.
Tsudik's research interests are mainly in
computer/network security, privacy and applied cryptography. His recent
work focuses on
privacy in Internet services, RFID systems and mobile
ad hoc networks, as well as security in sensor networks and storage
systems.
His research also covers secure group communication,
in particular, group key agreement, group signatures and group access
control.
NOVEMBER 2009
Lopes
speaks at Intel CTO keynote address
Prof. Cristina Lopes (UCI, Informatics), Justin
Rattner (CTO Intel)
Cristina Lopes, Associate Professor
of Informatics participated as a guest speaker in the keynote address at
SuperComputing '09 in Portland Oregon. The Keynote
was delivered by Justin Rattner, CTO of Intel. Lopes was a guest at
Rattner's
keynote, in her role as one of the main architects of
OpenSim.
Justin Rattner's opening keynote address at
SuperComputing'09 message addressed how the super-computing industry has
stagnated, and
the only thing that will save it from collapse is a
drastic change on what people think of as "super-computing." Other
guests were
Aaron Duffy, a biology researcher at Utah State
University, and Shenlei Winkler, CEO of the Fashion Design Institute.
Lopes' research is related to languages and
communication systems. The ultimate goal of her research is to deepen
the knowledge
about communication, in particular in systems that
involve humans and machines. With this utopic goal in mind, she has done
work in
a variety of fields such as programming languages,
security and applications of audio signal processing.
Navarro,
Van der Hoek win Premier Award for SimSe
Project scientist Emily Navarro and
Associate Dean André van der Hoekhave been
recognized with the 2009 Premier Award for SimSE, a
game-based educational software engineering simulation environment that
allows students to practice "virtual" software
engineering processes in a graphical, interactive and fun setting.
SimSE's direct, graphical feedback enables students
to learn the complex cause and effect relationships underlying software
engineering processes. During the game, the student
takes on the role of the project manager and directs engineers to
perform
typical process tasks.
SimSE helps bridge the gap between the conceptual
knowledge about software engineering that is presented in lecture but
that
often times is not fully explored or practiced in
assignments or projects.
SimSE includes a customizable modeling environment
that allows instructors to create new scenarios, application domains,
organizations and cultures. SimSE has been used
worldwide and has been found to be an educationally effective tool that
increases students' understanding of software
engineering process concepts.
Van der Hoek's research focuses on understanding and
advancing the role of design, coordination, and education in software
engineering. He has authored and co-authored over 80
peer-reviewed journal and conference publications, and in 2006 was a
recipient of an ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper
Award. He is a co-author of the 2005 Configuration Management Impact
Report as
well as the 2007 Futures of Software Engineering
Report on Software Design and Architecture.
ICS Alum and
UT Faculty Arthur Reyes Passes
Arthur Reyes
Arthur Reyes, Ph.D. '99 died
unexpectedly this week in Arlington, Texas. He was a faculty member in
the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the
University of Texas Arlington.
Reyes was a software engineering student under Dean Debra
J. Richardson. Details regarding his funeral services
will be made available at the UTA website.
OCTOBER 2009
Southern California Computer Vision
Meet-Up brings over 80 local researchers to UC Irvine
On October 30, 2009, the Computational Vision group at
UC Irvine hosted the second annual Southern California
Computer Vision Meetup, a day of talks and discussion on
the latest results in computer vision. Topics of discussion
ranged from surveillance and automotive safety, to
differentiating white blood cells by qualitatively analyzing a single
image.
Over 80 researchers attended the day-long event,
including faculty and students from UC Irvine, USC, UC Riverside, UCLA,
UC San Diego, and Caltech, as well as researchers from
JPL, Google and Evolution Robotics.
The Computational Vision Lab studies computational
vision, seeking to understand both the information processing
capabilities of biological visual systems and develop
computer vision systems. Researchers are interested in theoretical
questions as well as practical applications ranging from
motion capture to biological image analysis.
Majumder, Sajadi receive
paper award at IEEE Visualization
Aditi Majumder
A paper entitled, "Markerless View-Independent
Registration of Multiple Distorted Projectors on Extruded Surfaces
Using an Uncalibrated Camera" by Computer Science
professor Aditi Majumder and graduate student
Behzad Sajadi has won the runner up in
the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Visualization 2009 conference
held in Atlantic City this month.
The paper presents the first algorithm to geometrically
register multiple projectors in a view-independent manner on a
common type of curved surface, vertically extruded
surface, using an uncalibrated camera without attaching any
obtrusive markers to the display screen. This simple
markerless registration has the potential to have a large impact
on easy set-up and maintenance of large curved
multi-projector displays, common for visualization, edutainment,
training and simulation applications.
IEEE Visualization is the premier annual forum for
visualization advances for academia, government, and industry.
This event brings together researchers and practitioners
with a shared interest in visualization tools, techniques, and
technology.
Majumder's research addresses how to produce a seamless
image on a large-scale tiled display - an important problem to
both the scientific and entertainment fields. She has
developed a suite of mathematical models, methods and software
to correct the geometric and color variations that arise
when tiling multiple projection displays.
Kobsa
named Associate Editor of new ACM journal
Alfred Kobsa
Informatics Professor Alfred Kobsa has
been appointed Associate Editor of the new "ACM Transactions on
Intelligent Interactive Systems" (TIIS). The journal
will publish research articles concerning the design, realization,
and/or
evaluation of interactive systems that exhibit some form
of "intelligent" behavior.
The Journal's focus will be on sensing and perception,
knowledge representation and reasoning, learning, creativity, planning,
autonomous motion and manipulation, natural language
processing, and social interaction.
Kobsa's research lies in the areas of user modeling and
personalized systems (with applications in the areas of information
environments, expert finders, and user interfaces for
disabled and elderly people), privacy, and in information
visualization.
He is also the editor of "User Modeling and User-Adapted
Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research", edited
several books and authored numerous publications in the
areas of user-adaptive systems, human-computer interaction and
knowledge representation.
Fowlkes, Ramanan and Desai
awarded
Marr Prize in Kyoto, Japan
Charless Fowlkes
Deva Ramanan
A paper entitled "Discriminative models for multi-class
object layout" by PhD student Chaitanya Desai
and Assistant Professors Deva Ramanan
and Charless Fowlkes received the Marr Prize at
the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)
held the first week of October in Kyoto, Japan.
The prize is awarded to the best paper at ICCV and is
considered one of the top honors in computer vision. The award is
named after David Marr, a theoretical neuroscientist who
made profound contributions to the theory of both human and machine
vision in the 1970's.
The paper describes research on a new approach to
modeling contextual relations between objects in an image (e.g. bottles
are often seen resting on top of tables but not the
other way around). The system automatcially learns these relations from
example images and uses this information to outperform
existing approaches to object detection.
Fowlkes' research is in computational vision, both in
understanding the information processing capabilities of the human
visual system and in developing machine vision systems.
He is also interested in applying computer vision techniques to
automating the analysis of biological data and
developing algorithmic tools for understanding morphology and spatial
aspects
of gene expression.
Ramanan's research interests span computer vision,
machine learning, and computer graphics. His past work focused on the
analysis of human movement from video, including
tracking people and recognizing their actions. Current interests
include
object recognition, large-scale image/video processing,
structured-prediction approaches to learning, and activity recognition.
SEPTEMBER 2009
Dourish
receives $500,000 grant for social networking study in Kazakhstan,
Russia
Paul
Dourish
Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics,
has received a $500,000 National Foundation Grant for his research
entitle "From Local Ties to Transnational Connections: The Role of
Computer-mediated Communication in Relational Maintenance." The
research is in collaboration with Irina Shklovski, an assistant
professor at the IT University in Copenhagen, Denmark, and formerly a
post-doc at the Bren School.
The focus of the grant is a study of the use of social
networking software and web sites in Kazakhstan and Russia, looking at
the cultural specificities of information technology use.
The research investigates the ways culturally embedded
expectations of personal networks shape the use of social network sites
and other Internet-based social applications for relational maintenance.
Dourish and Shklovski will also explore the way people reconnect with
contacts that relocate to other cities and, more often, other countries
and how such connections may define new transnational forms of
belonging.
Dourish's primary research interests are in the areas of
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction, and
Ubiquitous Computing. He is especially interested in the foundational
relationships between social scientific analysis and technological
design.
Eppstein wins best paper award at WADS
David
Eppstein
A paper by computer science professor David
Eppstein and former ICS student Kevin A. Wortman,
"Optimal Embedding into Star Metrics," has received the best paper
award from the 11th Algorithms and Data Structures Symposium (WADS),
held this August in Banff, Canada.
Their research concerns algorithms for choosing the
location of a central facility such as an airline hub in order to
minimize the increase in distance caused by traveling through the hub
instead of taking a direct route. The WADS best paper award was
announced on the conference web site after the conference was held, and
comes with a prize of 500 Euro in books from Springer-Verlag.
Eppstein's research interests are varied and include
geometric optimization, finite element mesh generation and mesh
improvement, information visualization and graph drawing, robust
statistics and estimation of web-graph properties, graph theory and
graph algorithms, exponential-time algorithms for NP-hard problems, and
cellular automata and combinatorial games.
SCONCE
students Uzun and Wang named UCI Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellows
Secure Computing & Networking Center (SCONCE) Ph.D. candidates Ersin
Uzun and Yang Wang have been awarded the UCI
Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship for Fall 2009.
They are among only 25 recipients campus-wide. This
fellowship frees students from non-research related employment, allowing
them focus on completion of their dissertations.
Uzun's research focuses on usable security and Wang's
research revolves around balancing privacy and personalization.
Franz
receives $600,000 NSF CyberTrust Grant
Michael
Franz
Michael Franz, Professor of Computer
Science, has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science
Foundation's CyberTrust program. His project with co-PI Cormac Flanagan
from UC Santa Cruz will investigate next-generation infrastructure for
trustworthy web applications.
Many services traditionally performed by stand-alone
programs running on desktop computers are being migrated to "Web 2.0"
applications, remote services that reside "in the cloud" and are that
accessed through a browser. This migration process offers a unique
opportunity to re-engineer the way that software is constructed, adding
some extra capabilities that reduce the vulnerability of the global
information infrastructure to problems such as viruses, cyber-attacks,
loss of privacy, and integrity violations.
With this goal in mind, this project designs and
implements a next-generation infrastructure for trustworthy web
applications. It evolves the existing Web 2.0 technologies into a more
trustworthy "Web 2.Sec" version by introducing information-labeling and
strong information-flow controls pervasively at the service provider, at
the user's end, and on all paths in between.
A key feature of the new Web 2.Sec architecture is that
all application programs are executed on top of a virtual machine (VM)
rather than directly on physical hardware. Hence the VM retains full
control over the data at all times, allowing it to enforce
information-þow policies that guarantee conÞdentiality and integrity.
Even a malicious or faulty program running on top of the Web 2.Sec VM
cannot cause any action that would violate these policies.
Franz is an expert on virtual machines, mobile-code
security, and dynamic compilation. He is the co-inventor (with a
graduate student) of the Trace Compilation method that now drives
JavaScript performance in Mozilla's Firefox browser. He has graduated 13
Ph.D. students, been awarded more than $7 Million in competitive
Federal research funding as Principal Investigator, and has published
more than 90 refereed papers.
Van
der Hoek receives NSF grant for the improvement of software design
education
André van
der Hoek
Associate Dean André van der Hoek has
received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to research
software design education, specifically to understand and innovate tool
support, design exercises and course modules for sketch-based design
practice and reflection.
Van der Hoek's research will take an introspective look
at the process by which a student or group of students arrive at a final
software design. He hopes to delve into the alternatives students
consider, as well as the thought processes students go through before
arriving at a final product. His project will observe actual software
designers in
action and implement a tool for creative, sketch-based
software design, and migrate to a studio-based approach to software
design education.
Through this research, van der Hoek hopes to enable
students to gain a broader and deeper understanding of software design,
and provide
instructors with an enhanced portfolio of teaching
methods.
Van der Hoek's research focuses on understanding and
advancing the role of design, coordination, and education in software
engineering. He has authored and co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed
journal and conference publications, and in 2006 was a recipient of an
ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award. He is a co-author of the 2005
Configuration Management Impact Report as well as the 2007 Futures of
Software Engineering Report on Software Design and Architecture.
Van der Hoek was honored, in 2005, as UC Irvine
Professor of the Year for his outstanding and innovative educational
contributions.
Goodrich,
Kobsa and Tsudik awarded $300,000 NSF grant to study Usable Location
Privacy
Michael
Goodrich
Alfred
Kobsa
Gene
Tsudik
Computer Science Professors Michael Goodrich,
Alfred Kobsa and Gene Tsudik have
been awarded $300,000 by the National Science Foundation for research on
Usable Location Privacy in Geo-Social Networks.
The project will explore the usability, feasibility, and
scalability of preserving privacy and securing location-aware
geo-social networking platforms on mobile devices, such as Google
Latitude. The research group is basing their project on a belief that
security and privacy can best be incorporated with usability at the
beginning of its design.
The research will focus on the usability of
privacy-agile secure location-based communication and supporting
protocols that scale to large numbers of users and accommodate various
privacy levels suitable for different application domains.
This project envisions a wide range of future
applications, with three unifying factors: (1) geo-social undertone,
i.e., applications that combine social groups and locality, (2) lack of,
or need to avoid using, fixed infrastructure facilities, and (3) need
for both security and privacy.
Goodrich's research is directed at the design of
high-performance algorithms and data structures for solving large-scale
problems surrounding the increased demands of computer graphics,
information visualization, scientific data analysis, information
assurance and security, and the Internet. He also is interested in
computer science education, specifically ways of more effectively
teaching data structures and algorithms.
Kobsa's research lies in the areas of user modeling and
personalized systems (with applications in the areas of information
environments, expert finders, and user interfaces for disabled and
elderly people), privacy, and in information visualization.
Tsudik's research interests are mainly in
computer/network security, privacy and applied cryptography. His recent
work focuses on privacy in Internet services, RFID systems and mobile ad
hoc networks, as well as security in sensor networks and storage
systems. His research also covers secure group communication, in
particular, group key agreement, group signatures and group access
control.
AUGUST 2009
Professor Jordan receives $500,000 NSF grant for Internet architecture and public policy integration
Scott
Jordan
Professor of Computer Science Scott Jordan has received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to incorporate telecommunications policy and economics into the Internet architecture.
“As a result of technical, economic and public policy forces, the Internet's original design principles – layering and end-to-end – are increasingly violated,” says Jordan.
Currently, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are deploying quality of service mechanisms, but only allowing their use for certain applications sold to their own subscribers. Some ISPs have used deep packet inspection techniques to implement traffic management practices that throttle or block peer-to-peer applications.
Professor Jordan hopes to counteract this deterioration by proposing an interdisciplinary approach that updates the Internet architectural principles to account for telecommunications policy and economics.
The project will identify the flaws of the end-to-end and layering models that are not withstanding the technical, economic, and legal forces upon networking. The project aims to modify these models so that they promote good technical design, respond appropriately to economic pressures, and encourage societally beneficial outcomes.
To validate these new models, Professor Jordan plans to illustrate their potential use by applying them to three case studies – net neutrality, traffic management, and Quality of Service.
Professor Jordan is also developing an undergraduate course on “The Internet and Public Policy”. This research will help bridge the gulf that exists between communication lawmakers and networking researchers by informing staff members in the United States Congress about the technical aspects of telecommunication issues, and by developing an architectural framework for the networking research community to help them consider impacts of network economics and law.
Professor Jordan’s research interests currently include pricing and differentiated services in the Internet, resource allocation in wireless multimedia networks, and telecommunications policy.
Franz, Tsudik take part in National Cyber Leap Year Summit
NITRD is the Nation's primary source of Federally funded revolutionary breakthroughs in advanced information technologies such as computing, networking, and software.
The National Cyber Leap Year initiative is the result of the call from The White House Office of Science and Technology to secure our nation's cyber infrastructure. NCLY take a complementary approach to the traditional methodology of solving cybersecurity problems, which researches better solutions to current issues. Instead, NCLY attempts to change the cybsersecurity game to shift focus onto new problems that are on the horizon.
Franz is an expert on virtual machines, mobile-code security, and dynamic compilation. He is the co-inventor (with a graduate student) of the Trace Compilation method that now drives JavaScript performance in Mozilla's Firefox browser. He has graduated 13 Ph.D. students, been awarded more than $7 Million in competitive Federal research funding as Principal Investigator, and has published more than 90 refereed papers.
Tsudik's research interests are mainly in computer/network security, privacy and applied cryptography. His recent work focuses on privacy in Internet services, RFID systems and mobile ad hoc networks, as well as security in sensor networks and storage systems. His research also covers secure group communication, in particular, group key agreement, group signatures and group access control.
Utts receives the American Statistical Association Founder's Award
Utts, along with four other recipients, were selected based on their service over an extended period of time and in a variety of leadership roles, including chapter, section, committee, officer or editorial activities, in which effective service or leadership was provided within ASA or on behalf of ASA to other organizations.
Utts was chosen based on her leadership on many ASA committees and the Statistical Education and Bayesian Statistical Science Sections; for extraordinary service in the development of the ASA’s strategic plan; for editorial service to the American Statistician and to the Journal of the American Statistical Association; and for her outstanding commitment to the profession through leaderships roles in AAAS, CAUSE, COPSS, NISS and WNAR.
Utts’ research interests include statistics education and applications of statistics to a variety of areas, most notably parapsychology, medicine, and transportation. She is the recipient of two distinguished teaching awards, the author of three statistics textbooks with an emphasis on statistical literacy, and the editor-in-chief of an online statistics course.
JULY 2009
Dutt, Nicolau and Veidenbaum Receive Best Paper Award at IJCNN 2009
Nikil
Dutt
Alexandru
Nicolau
Alexander
Veidenbaum
Computer Science Professors Nikil Dutt, Alexandru Nicolau, and Alexander Veidenbaum have been recognized with a Best Paper Award at the 2009 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN).
An interdisciplinary collaboration, the paper entitled “Efficient Simulation of Large-Scale Spiking Neural Networks Using CUDA Graphics Processors” was also co-authored by Computer Science Ph.D. students Jayram Moornikara and Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science Jeffrey Krichmar.
The paper describes new techniques for parallelization of spiking neural network models of the brain and their efficient realization on emerging graphics processor platforms. This will enable close-to-real-time simulation of realistic networks of nerve cells and could have many practical applications.
IJCNN is the premier international conference in the area of neural networks theory, analysis and applications.
Dutt is a Chancellor’s Professor whose research interests lie in the area of embedded systems and computer-aided design, with a specific focus on the exploration, evaluation and design of domain-specific embedded systems spanning both software and hardware. Other projects within his group include low-power/low-energy compilation and synthesis, validation and verification of embedded systems, software/hardware interfaces for distributed embedded systems, memory architecture exploration for embedded systems, and brain-inspired architectures and computing.
Nicolau's work is in the design and implementations of a system of program transformations that support the semi-automatic (and eventually fully-automatic) exploitation of substantially all the parallelism available in a given program. Nicolau is also interested in developing a tool for the rigorous study and development of parallelizing compilers.
Veidenbaum's research is in the areas of computer architecture, embedded systems, and compilers. He investigates new ways to build faster processors and systems and to reduce their power consumption and cost.
Tomlinson awarded NSF EAGER Grant to study interactive media for childhood environmental awareness
Bill
Tomlinson
Bill Tomlinson, professor of informatics, has been awarded a $280,371 Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) for his project which will utilize narrative-centered computing (NCC) to allow children to see how their own behavior can cause positive or negative changes in a story ecosystem.
Unlike traditional computational storytelling that utilizes a linear “filmstrip”, NCC framework begins with a new mechanism for computational storytelling called spatiotemporal anchoring. Spatiotemporally anchored stories consist of a network of story nodes in which each node depicts a small element of the overall plot, and is anchored to a specific location in space and time.
To advance the story users explore a rich geographical representation of the relevant spatiotemporal locale, discovering story nodes and the interconnections between them. Because nodes can be anchored at variable levels of spatiotemporal resolution and interlinked in non-linear ways, exploring these narratives will help children to develop more nuanced abilities for reasoning about distributed causation and variable scale. These abilities, in turn, will translate into more effective engagement with environmental issues.
The EAGER program is intended to support exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches, therefore the grant will go toward funding the creation of a testbed interactive narrative, to be deployed online and as a temporary science museum exhibit. This narrative will use spatiotemporal anchoring along with video and traditional cinematographic techniques to dramatize the interactions that take place within a representative California ecosystem, for example, a marine environment in which sea otters, kelp forests, and sea urchins all interact.
Tomlinson's research deals with the social impacts of information technologies, in particular regarding environmental issues and interactive education systems. His previous contributions to informatics and computer science are significant in human-computer interaction, interactive animation, autonomous agents, and multi-device systems.
JUNE 2009
Jarecki awarded Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research
Stanislaw
Jarecki
Stanislaw Jarecki, assistant professor of computer science, has been awarded the annual UC Irvine Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research. It is the first time a Bren School professor has received the award.
The recipient of the award must be nominated by his or her peers and have made significant contributions through research and/or other creative activity that has had a major impact on their field, either through a career-long record of contributions, or as a result of a major contribution.
The award includes a $3,000 prize and an invitation to give a campuswide lecture on his research topic in the fall quarter.
Jarecki’s research in cryptography and computer security has attracted funding from a variety of sources including the very selective National Science Foundation (NSF) Cybertrust Program as well as from the Intelligence Advance Research Funding Agency (IARPA).
In 2008, Jarecki received a $450,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the NSF for his proposed research, Secure Multi-Party Protocols, from Feasibility to Practice, which has a goal of designing cryptographic algorithms for a variety of secure tasks. The CAREER award is the NSF's most prestigious award for newer faculty. The program supports early career development of teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the future.
Congratulations 2008-09 Bren School Honors recipients!
Students on this list received awards for latin honors, Phi Beta Kappa,
Campuswide Honors, Outstanding Contribution to Research and others. Final latin honors recipients will be determined once
Spring quarter grades are processed in to the final g.p.a. calculation.
Note for students on this list: please pick up your cord and/or stole from Neha at the ICS Student Affairs Office.
MAY 2009
Tomlinson received Environment Institute Grant, Support from Urban Water Research Center
Bill Tomlinson
Bill Tomlinson, Professor of Informatics, along with Professors Brett Sanders and Robin Keller have received a $38,000 grant from
the Environment Institute at UC Irvine to support a new project entitled “Using IT to Compress Perceived Time and Space in How People Think About
Global Change: A Step Towards Behavioral Change”.
This interdisciplinary research collaboration is also being supported in part from a $10,000 contribution from the Urban Water Research Center at
UC Irvine. Sanders and Keller are respectively professors at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and The Paul Merage School of Business.
The research collaboration will study the difficulties people have in engaging with environmental issues, in part because global change occurs on
scales of time and space that are relatively large compared to the usual scope of human decision making. People respond enthusiastically to
fast-acting disasters such as fires and earthquakes, but less so to issues that occur more gradually over many years, even when the consequences
are far greater.
To date, there has been little research on how to connect long-term global environmental change to human scales of time and space in a systematic
way, thereby enabling behavioral change. Tomlinson et al’s research will focus on the science and public perception of sea level rise.
Tomlinson's research deals with the social impacts of information technologies, in particular regarding environmental issues and interactive
education systems. His previous contributions to informatics and computer science are significant in human-computer interaction, interactive
animation, autonomous agents, and multi-device systems.
Olson gives keynote talks on Scientific Collaboration and Science Collaboratories
Gary Olson
Gary Olson, Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences will give two keynote talks at the University of Siegen in
Germany, and the 2009 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems.
Earlier this month, Olson gave a keynote entitled "Scientific Collaboration on the Internet", at the conference on Enhancing Humanities:
Potentials of Media and ICT in the Humanities, held at the University of Siegen in Germany.
In 1989 a small group of pioneering thinkers, led by Joshua Lederberg and William Wulf, sketched out a vision of what has come to be known by
various names, such as collaboratories, eScience, and cyberscience.
In the several decades since then many such projects have emerged in almost all areas of science. But there has been a complex pattern of
success and failure in such efforts. Olson and his colleagues have spent nearly a decade studying these projects, trying to figure out what
accounts for the pattern of success and failure in them. In his talk he reviewed lessons learned, and where he hopes to go with further research
in the area.
The current understanding from this investigation was recently summarized in a book entitled "Scientific Collaboration on the Internet" (MIT
Press, 2008).
This week in Baltimore, Olson will give a keynote entited "The Next Generation of Science Collaboratories". Olson will also talk about how the
changing technical scene opens new opportunities for the next generation of collaboratories, as well as the sociotechnical factors that
distinguish successful from unsuccessful collaboratories.
Collaboratories to support scientific research have been around for at least two decades, and have emerged as an important form of
cyberinfrastructure to enable ever more ambitious geographically distributed research projects. A broadened view of what a collaboratory is
suggests there are a variety of kinds of functions they could support.
Early collaboratories were often rather narrow in focus, but some have broadened to mimic fully-functional laboratories. Furthermore, will
almost all early collaboratories were in the physical and biological sciences, by now they have emerged as serious research infrastructure in
most domains, including the social sciences and humanities.
Olson’s latest research focuses on how to support small groups of people working on difficult intellectual tasks, particularly when the members
of the group are geographically distributed. This research has involved both field studies of groups attempting to do such work and lab studies
that evaluate specific technologies. He is one of four Donald Bren Professors of Information and Computer Sciences at the Bren School.
Dourish in Taiwan for Service Science Workshop on Qualitative Field Research in Organizations
Prof. Fu-Ren Lin, director of the Institute for Service Science at National Tsing Hua University, Calvin Morrill (UCI, Sociology), Martha Feldman (UCI, Planing Policy and Design), Prof Chintay Shih, Dean of the College of Technology Management, National Sting Hua University, and Paul Dourish (UCI, Informatics).
Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics, along with UCI Professors Calvin Morrill (Sociology) and Martha Feldman (Planning,
Policy, and Design) were recently in Taiwan presenting workshops at National Tsing Hau University in Hsinchu, and at National Sun Yat-Sen
University in Kaohsiung.
The three-day workshop presentsed exemplars and strategies for doing qualitative field research in organizations. The activities of the workshop
were divided into three areas: 1) introducing the background and roles of qualitative methods in the research of workshop leaders and
participants; 2) introducing methodological issues and exercises in qualitative field research; and 3) discussion and feedback on workshop
participants’ qualitative research experiences and goals.
Dourish's primary research interests are in the areas of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction, and Ubiquitous
Computing. He is especially interested in the foundational relationships between social scientific analysis and technological design. More about
Dourish can be found on the Web.
APRIL 2009
Judy Olson gives talk on social ergonomics at CHI 2009
Judy
Olson
Judy Olson, Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences, gave the plenary opening at Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) 2009. Olson's talk, Even Small Distance Matters: Social Ergonomics in Collocated and Remote Teams, focused on the study of social ergonomics, the design of workplaces and systems that fit the natural social capabilities and inclinations of workers and users.
Olson reviewed some of the highlights of what is known about natural social capabilities and inclinations, showed how they play out in both “radically collocated” teamwork and remote teamwork before finishing with a set of guidelines for everyone to use when having to work either collocated or remotely.
CHI is the premier worldwide forum for exchanging information on all aspects of how people interact with computers. CHI 2009 ran from April 4-9, in Boston, MA offering two days of pre-conference workshops and four days of dynamic sessions that explored the future of computer-human interaction with researchers, practitioners, educators and students.
More than 2000 professionals from over 40 countries attended this year's conference, which marked 27 years of research, innovation and development of the Computer-Human Interaction community.
Olson has published about 110 peer-reviewed research articles and is best known for her work on distance collaborations and has achieved international acclaim for her studies that compared office workers in geographically distributed organizations to those working in the same location.
Tsudik to give keynote on secure device pairing at IPSEC 2009
“Secure Device Pairing” is the process of bootstrapping a secure channel between two or more previously unassociated personal devices over a (usually wireless) human-imperceptible communication channel. Lack of prior security context and absence of common trust infrastructure open the door for so-called "Man-in-the-Middle" (or "Evil Twin") attacks. Mitigation of these attacks requires user involvement in the device pairing process.
Tsudik’s talk will summarize notable secure device pairing techniques, comparing and contrasting their advantages, shortcomings and limitations, followed by the first comprehensive and comparative evaluation of these methods.
ISPEC is an annual conference that brings together researchers and practitioners to provide a confluence of new information security technologies, their applications and their integration with IT systems in various vertical sectors. More information about ISPEC can be found at the Conference Web site: http://www.ispec2009.net/.
Tsudik's research interests are mainly in computer/network security, privacy and applied cryptography. His recent work focuses on privacy in Internet services, RFID systems and mobile ad hoc networks, as well as security in sensor networks and storage systems.
His research also covers secure group communication, in particular, group key agreement, group signatures and group access control. He also is interested in database security and public key cryptography.
DuBois awarded National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship
NDSEG Fellowships are awarded based on a national competition, with approximately 200 fellowships awarded each year in the United States to graduate students across a broad range of fields of study in the sciences and engineering.
DuBois will use his fellowship funding to pursue his Ph.D. research on statistical modeling of large dynamic social networks, such as email communication networks between individuals, working with professor Padhraic Smyth in the Departments of Computer Science and Statistics and professor Carter Butts in the Department of Sociology.
Finalists of hITEC entrepreneurship competition announced
The final products, created by Bren School students, with the guidance of a faculty or corporate mentor, span a broad spectrum of uses.
Clarity Labs Ron Villalon, Niraj Desai, Manjot Bhuller
Mentors: Professor Chen Li, Arie Shen
A product that leverages television viewers interest in the products on their favorite TV shows (clothing, props, etc.) and gives these viewers access to information through tag placement in interactive videos.
Event Viz Pinaki Sinha, Hamed Pirsiavash, Mingyan Gao
Mentors: Ramesh Jain, Janell So
Web-based software that organizes isolated events and related information, such as documents, photos, audio and video, and creates an organized multimedia chronicle to visualize, access, search, and create customized stories.
Olepta Nathan Esquenazi and Thomas Shafer
Mentors: Professor Andre van der Hoek, TJ Thinakaran
A relationship management product that provides end-to-end management for communication with patients, and allows doctors and patients to have a continuous relationship using modern communication technologies.
The final competition placing and prizes will be awarded in early June at the ICS Awards Ceremony and Project ICS Showcase.
hITEC is the cornerstone of the Bren School entrepreneurship program. This year, the program was sponsored with generous donations from: Northwind Ventures, Printronix and Ted and Janice Smith.
The competition is designed to foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among Bren School and UC Irvine students, and fuel the development of new technologies that have the potential to positively impact the marketplace.
MARCH 2009
Jain to give talk at the final conference of the European CHORUS
Ramesh
Jain
Bren Professor Ramesh Jain will be the opening speaker at the final conference of the European CHORUS project on Multimedia Search Engines (MMSE). Jain will speak about state of the art multimedia search technology and its future during a session entitled, "Chorus Roadmap and International perspectives".
CHORUS is a European Coordination Action which aims at creating the conditions of mutual information and cross fertilisation between the European projects dealing with Multimedia Content Search Engines. National and international initiatives are also included in CHORUS action.
Jain is an active researcher in multimedia information systems, image databases, machine vision, and intelligent systems.
CHORUS will be held May 26- 28, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. More information can be found on the conference Web site.
Carey and Li awarded seed money from UC Discovery Grant and eBay
Michael
Carey
Chen
Li
Computer Science professors Michael Carey and Chen Li have been awarded a total of $132,000 in seed funding in support of their research entitled ASTERIX: A Scalable Platform for XML Information Analysis. The funding is made in part from the UC Discovery Grant ($52,000) and eBay ($80,000).
ASTERIX, which stands for “Active, Scalable, Transactional Enterprise Repository for Information in XML,” is a new effort to develop a scalable semistructured information management system, based on XML and XQuery technologies, targeting very large shared-nothing compute clusters.
A Bren Professor in Information and Computer Sciences, Carey’s research interests are in database systems, information integration, service-oriented computing, middleware, distributed systems, and computer system performance evaluation.
Li's research interests are in the fields of database and information systems, including data integration and sharing, data warehouses, data cleansing, data privacy, and information management on the Web.
Suda named IEEE Distinguished Lecturer
Tatsuya
Suda
Computer Science Professor Tatsuya Suda has been named IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer with a term effective through December 2010. Suda will be lecturing on:
(1) Molecular Communication: New Paradigm for Communication Among Nano-Scale Biological Machines
(2) The Bio-Networking Architecture: A Biologically Inspired Approach to the Design of Computer Networks and Network Applications
(3) New Research Directions in Networks: from Sociology to Biology
The IEEE Distinguished Lecturers are selected to provide a pool of technical experts for lectures by IEEE Chapters and sections. A complete list of Communications Society Distinguished Lecturers are available online.
Suda's research is in computer networks and distributed computing systems; his interests span the entire spectrum from the design and performance evaluation of these systems to their actual implementation.
His current research focuses on applications of biological principles and large complex system principles onto networks, high speed networks, next generation Internet, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Model) networks, object-oriented distributed systems, and multimedia applications.
Vaisenberg receives first prize at IEEE Percom'09 Ph.D. Forum
Ronen
Vaisenberg
Third year computer science Ph.D. student, Ronen Vaisenberg has been awarded the first prize at the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications' (IEEE Percom '09) Ph.D Forum.
The Ph.D. Forum Committee evaluated research projects based on a submitted extended abstract, poster, and discussion at the poster session. Vaisenberg's research was also recognized as the most innovative and/or most promising interdisciplinary research project.
Under the monitorship of Professor Sharad Mehrotra, Vaisenberg's Ph.D dissertation deals with the issues related to the data management support for sentient systems, motivated by real-world emergency-response application needs which are funded by NSF’s ITR-Rescue (RESponding to Crisis and Unexpected Events) and DHS’s Safire (Situational Awareness for Firefighters).
Chloe Azencott, fourth year Ph.D. student in computer science has been awarded an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship program for the 2009-2010 academic year. The award which covers tuition and mandatory fees, also comes with a $17,500 stipend.
Azencott's, research interest lies in the areas of machine learning applied to the life sciences, more particularly chemistry and chemoinformatics.
Under the mentorship of faculty advisor Pierre Baldi, Azencott's research topic is entitled Statistical Machine Learning and Data Mining for Chemoinformatics and Drug Discovery.
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards is an intensely competitive program which honors exceptional Ph.D. students in many academic disciplines and areas of study.
IBM pays special attention to an array of focus areas of interest to IBM and fundamental to innovation, including technology that creates new business value, innovative software, new types of computers and interdisciplinary projects.
Lewis and Tomlinson featured in inaugural issue of International Journal of Learning and Media
Bill
Tomlinson
Undergraduate student Lauren Lewis and ICS Professor Bill Tomlinson, along with Education professor Rebecca Black, are currently featured in the inaugural issues of the International Journal of Learning and Media, a MacArthur Foundation/MIT Press journal.
“Let everyone play: An educational perspective on why fan fiction is, or should be, legal” makes a theoretical, legal, and moral proposition that fan fiction, a form of derivative writing based on existing media and popular culture, be considered fair use of copyrighted materials under U.S. copyright law.
Lewis is a second year Computer Science major and helped co-author the publication in the summer of 2008 as a participant in Calit2's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information Technology (SURF-IT) program.
Tomlinson's research deals with the social impacts of information technologies, in particular regarding environmental issues and interactive education systems. His previous contributions to informatics and computer science are significant in human-computer interaction, interactive animation, autonomous agents, and multi-device systems.
Baldi awarded the Grant in Chemical Sciences to support development of Reaction Explorer
Pierre
Baldi
Chancellor's Professor Pierre Baldi has been awarded a grant in the Special Grant Program in Chemical Sciences by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
The grant is in support of the development of Reaction Explorer, a new interactive electronic tutorial system for teaching organic reactions, reaction mechanisms, organic synthesis and retrosynthesis at the undergraduate level.
Reaction Explorer is an interactive tutorial system for organic chemistry reactions, which enables students to learn about reactions in ways previously unrealized.
With the Reaction Explorer project, Baldi, together with MD/PhD graduate student Jonathan Chen, aim to provide a richer learning experience including: dynamic generation of customized multi-step synthesis design problems; context-specific feedback messages; and support for inquiry-based learning through experimentation and interactive dialogue with the system.
Baldi’s research focuses in several areas of AI, data mining, machine learning, bioinformatics, and chemoinformatics. Projects in his group include understanding and predicting protein structures, analyzing and modeling gene expression data and regulatory networks, and building expert systems for chemistry and drug discovery.
The purpose of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., is to advance the science of chemistry, chemical engineering and related sciences as a means of improving human relations and circumstances.
Established in 1946 by chemist, inventor and businessman Camille Dreyfus as a memorial to his brother Henry, the Foundation became a memorial to both men when Camille Dreyfus died in 1956. Throughout its history the Foundation has sought to take the lead in identifying and addressing needs and opportunities in the chemical sciences.
FEBRUARY 2009
Li receives NSF award to study large-scale data cleaning
Chen
Li
Chen Li, associate professor of computer science, has
received an award for $221,730 from the NSF
CluE program to support his research on large-scale data cleaning
using cloud computing.
In addition, his team will also use software and services on a Google-IBM cluster to explore innovative research ideas in data-intensive computing.
The project will study research challenges to support efficient data-cleaning queries on large text repositories using the MapReduce/Hadoop parallel computing paradigm.
Supporting such queries
is becoming increasingly more important in applications that need to deal with a variety of data inconsistencies in structures, representations, or semantics.
The techniques developed in this
project will have a broad impact on many information systems that need to support approximate query processing on large data sets, such as Web search, enterprise search, data integration, and query relaxation.
Li's research interests are in the fields of database and information systems, including data integration and sharing, data warehouses, data cleansing, data privacy, and information management on the Web.
Carey awarded Google Research Award
Michael
Carey
Michael Carey, Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences, has been awarded a Google Research Award for $70,000 for his research entitled, “A Declarative and Open Source Data Mapping Tool for OpenII.”
Carey’s research is tackling the need for large organizations to effectively access and analyze data coming from disparate sources, including multiple databases, legacy information stores, applications and data stores published via Web services, XML files, and CSV files.
This project aims to produce a declarative and open source data-mapping tool for incorporation into the OpenII initiative. The Google OpenII initiative aims to enable such repositories to be put together much more easily than they can be today, creating better quality data that can then be (re)surfaced on the Web and made available to everyone. Areas of potential impact include medical informatics, biology research, and access to many public data sets that are currently disparate.
Carey's research interests are in database systems, information integration, service-oriented computing, middleware, distributed systems, and computer system performance evaluation.
A National Academy of Engineering member, Carey is acknowledged as one of the 50 most influential computer scientists in the world. He is an ACM Fellow and in 2005, he received ACM’s SIGMOD Edgar F. Codd Innovations Award.
He has also has earned two of the most esteemed research publication awards in the field: the Very Large Data Base (VLDB) Conference’s 10-Year Best Paper Award in 1996, and the 2004 Test of Time Paper Award at the ACM SIGMOD International Conference.
Dutt appointed to the ACM Publications Board
Nikil
Dutt
Nikil Dutt, Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science, has been appointed
to the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Publications Board for a
3-year term.
ACM is the largest international professional computing society representing the
educational and scientific computing community.
ACM provides
the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.
The ACM Publications Board is responsible for setting publication policy,
approving new publications and appointing the Editors-in-Chief of the
premier ACM journals and transactions.
Dutt's research interests are in embedded systems, with topics that are at the
intersection of compilers, architectures and computer-aided design. His specific focus
is on the exploration, evaluation and
design of domain-specific embedded systems that span research issues in hardware,
software, networked, and ubiquitous systems.
Other projects in his group include brain-inspired computing platforms, low-power/low-energy
compilation and synthesis, embedded system validation and verification, and memory
architecture exploration for embedded systems.
Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements.
Awards, grants and other honors can be sent to communications@ics.uci.edu to be considered for publication.
SUMMER 2011
ISG members receive multiple NSF grants
Sharad Mehrotra
Nalini Venkatasubramanian
Dmitri Kalashnikov
Several members of the Information Systems Group (ISG) within the department of computer science received National Science Foundation grants to support a variety of research projects. Computer science professor Sharad Mehrotra received $500,000 from the NSF’s Division of Computer and Network Systems to explore query processing in mixed security environments wherein data migrates across different components, each of which may offer different levels of security guarantees and may be susceptible to different attacks. Mehrotra, along with assistant adjunct professor Dmitri V. Kalashnikov, also received $500,000 from the NSF’s Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, to build a query and goal-driven entity resolution framework. Professor Nalini Venkatasubramanian was awarded $205,000 to lead a research project on “GeoSocial Alerting Systems.”
ISG consists of computer science faculty members, affiliated faculty, students, visitors and project staff. It aims to address today’s rapidly evolving information infrastructure by conducting research on all aspects of modern data and information systems.
Smyth Serves as KDD-2011 Program Chair
Padhraic Smyth
Computer science professor Padhraic Smyth is the program chair for the 17thACM SIGKDD Conference
on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, currently underway in San Diego, Calif. Considered the premier annual international research conference on data mining, the event this year drew a record-setting 1,000+ attendees.
Approximately 725 research papers were submitted (another record), of which 125 were accepted for oral or poster presentation at the meeting. The review process involved more than 350 reviewers and 35 senior program committee members. Keynote presenters include Peter Norvig (Google), Stephen Boyd (Stanford University), David Haussler (UC Santa Cruz) and Judea Pearl (UCLA).
Smyth's research includes machine learning, pattern recognition, applied statistics, data mining, information theory and artificial intelligence. His work focuses on how to automatically extract information from large and complex data sets. His research group works on the basic theory of inference from data, as well as on a variety of applications of data analytic algorithms to problems in medicine, biology, climate modeling, astronomy, planetary science, and analysis of Web and text data.
Paper by Tsudik and El Defrawy Selected as IEEE Spotlight
Gene Tsudik
Karim El Defrawy
Computer science professor Gene Tsudik and Network Systems alumnus Karim El Defrawy, Ph.D. '10 co-authored "ALARM: Anonymous Location-Aided Routing in Suspicious MANETs," which has been selected as the Spotlight Paper for the September 2011 issue of IEEE Transactions of Mobile Computing. For a limited time it will be available to the public for free on the
journal home page.
The paper addresses mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) scenarios in hostile or suspicious settings by designing and analyzing a privacy-preserving and secure link-state based routing protocol (ALARM). The work, according to Tsudik and El Defrawy, represents the first comprehensive study of security, privacy and performance tradeoffs in link-state MANET routing.
Students recognized by Yahoo! and IEEE, ACM
Ronen Vaisenberg
Reza Rahimi
Computer science graduate student Ronen Vaisenberg received the 2011-12 Yahoo! Best Dissertation Fellowship Award for his work on "Scalability in Event Detection Systems."
Reza Rahimi, also a computer science graduate student, received the Best Student Poster Award for “Cloud Based Framework for Rich Content Mobile Applications” at CCGrid2011, the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing.
Top-Ranked Journal Edited by Kobsa Celebrates 20th Anniversary
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Alfred Kobsa
User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research, founded by Informatics professor Alfred Kobsa and published by Springer Verlag, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
UMUAI is ranked No. 20 among 445 computer science journals based on its
ISI/Thompson impact factor, and No. 3 by
Microsoft Academic Search among 26 human-computer interaction journals.
Tsudik Co-Chairs Two International Conferences
Gene Tsudik
Computer science professor Gene Tsudik served as program co-chair of two conferences this summer. The 9th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS '11), an annual research conference focusing on cutting-edge results in applied cryptography and network and computer security, took place June 7-10 in Nerja (Malaga), Spain. The 4th ACM Conference on Wireless Network Security (WiSec'11), which aims to explore attacks on wireless networks and the techniques to thwart them, was held June 14-16 in Hamburg, Germany.
Tsudik’s research interests include computer/network security and applied cryptography. He serves as director of UCI’s Secure Computing and Networking Center and as vice chair of the Bren School’s computer science department.
SPRING 2011
UCI team receives DARPA grant
Sharad Mehrotra
Nalini Venkatasubramanian
Dmitri Kalashnikov
Computer science professors
Sharad Mehrotra and Nalini Venkatasubramanian, and assistant adjunct professor Dmitri V. Kalashnikov — in collaboration with the International Computer Science Institute, UC Berkeley and SRI International— have been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to explore speech-based situational awareness for event response.
Givargis Wins ASEE’s Terman Award
Tony Givargis
Tony Givargis, Computer Science Associate Professor, was selected to receive the 2011 Frederick Emmons Terman Award of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Division.
Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, the award is bestowed annually upon an outstanding young electrical engineering educator in recognition of his/her contributions to the profession, including the publication of an electrical engineering textbook judged to be outstanding by peers.
The award, which includes an honorarium, a gold-plated medal and bronze replica, and a presentation scroll, will be presented to Givargis at the Frontiers in Education Conference in October. Its namesake, Silicon Valley pioneer F.E. Terman, was an electrical engineering professor and Stanford University administrator known for mentoring students who went on to establish successful businesses, including William Hewlett and David Packard.
At UC Irvine, Givargis conducts research in the area of software for embedded systems, investigating issues related to Realtime Operating System (RTOS) synthesis, serializing compilers, and code transformations techniques for efficient software to hardware migration.
Stern, Johnson Named IMS Fellows
Hal Stern
Wesley Johnson
Dean Hal Stern and Professor Wesley Johnson, both with the Bren School’s Department of Statistics, have been elected to fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, in honor of their outstanding research and professional contributions.
Stern’s research interests include statistical inference using Bayesian methods, assessing the fit of statistical models, applications of statistics in the social and biological sciences, and statistics in sports. Current collaborative projects include studies of climate systems with faculty at UC Irvine’s Department of Earth System Science and development of novel statistical models for genomewide association studies.
Johnson is mainly interested in developing Bayesian statistical methods for biostatistical and epidemiologic applications. He also works on diagnostic screening protocols and methodology when no gold standard test is available. Johnson collaborates regularly with veterinary medicine researchers at UC Davis.
Microsoft Research Recognizes van der Hoek
André van der Hoek
Informatics Professor André van der Hoek received a 2011
Software Engineering Innovation Foundation
(SEIF) award, presented by Microsoft Research to support academic advances in software engineering technologies, tools, practices and teaching methods. van der Hoek’s proposal — “Calico: Software Design Sketching with a Cloud-based Software Whiteboard” — was one of 10 selected worldwide to receive the one-year award. Other recipients hail from such institutions as the University of Chile, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Carnegie Mellon University.
At UCI, van der Hoek's research focuses on understanding and advancing the role of design, coordination and education in software. His research bridges into the educational realm by seeking and evaluating new approaches to teaching software engineering.
Franz Wins Award from Samsung
Michael Franz
Michael Franz, UCI computer science professor, has teamed up with Samsung in a project to create better virtual machine architectures, especially for applications in mobile devices. For the year 2011, Samsung has awarded the sum of $350,000 to Franz as sole PI; at least two more years at the same funding level are planned.
Franz leads the Secure Systems and Languages Laboratory at UC Irvine, one of the top research teams on dynamic compilation, virtual machines and language-based computer security. In collaboration with the Mozilla foundation, he transitioned the JavaScript compilation technology invented in his lab into the Firefox browser, where it is used every day by hundreds of millions of people.
NSF awards $373k to CS professors
Computer science faculty and Information Systems Group (ISG) members
Sharad Mehrotra, Mike Carey, Ramesh Jain, Nalini Venkatasubramanian and Chen Li
received $373,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop I-sensorium, to serve as a "living laboratory" to support research in several related areas of cyber-physical systems including: theoretical foundations and underlying principles of building sentient systems; engineering, software and systems level challenges; and novel application contexts where such sentient systems can be used. Further information about this project can be found
here.
ISG consists of computer science faculty members, affiliated faculty, students, visitors and project staff. It aims to address today’s rapidly evolving information infrastructure by conducting research on all aspects of modern data and information systems.
WINTER 2011
Doctoral Student Named Microsoft Research Fellow
Qiang Liu
Qiang Liu, a third-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science, has been awarded a prestigious
Microsoft Research Fellowship
for 2011-2013. Exceptionally competitive, the award seeks to recognize “the best and the brightest from North America.” Liu, whose research focuses primarily on problems in artificial intelligence, statistics and computational biology, was one of 12 recipients this year; 174 applied from a select list of departments that were invited to participate. The fellowship provides two years of support, including tuition, living expenses and a conference travel allowance. Fellows also are offered a summer internship opportunity at Microsoft Research.
Liu’s research, advised by Professor Alexander Ihler, works to develop efficient algorithms for learning and approximate reasoning in graphical models, which are used to describe large, complex systems in terms of smaller, more manageable local dependencies. Graphical models also have come to be used across a wide range of disciplines.
Franz Wins Large DARPA Award
Michael Franz
Michael Franz, UCI Computer Science Professor, has received a three-year $1.38 million award from DARPA’s Transformational Convergence Technology Office to investigate a new defense against software attacks.
He is the sole PI of the project, which is inspired by biodiversity in nature and aims to create a similar diversity in the software that runs on the world’s computers. Currently, all users of a program download the exact same version of that program from a hosting site or an App Store. In Franz’s approach, the App Store will contain a diversification engine that will generate a unique version of every program for every user. This process will occur automatically inside of the AppStore, so that neither the software creators nor the users downloading it need to be aware of it.
From the end-user’s perspective, the different versions are indistinguishable and they all behave in exactly the same way, but internally, subtle differences make it impossible for an attacker to use the same attack for all the versions.
In order to make a large-scale attack successful, a perpetrator would have to launch many different attacks and would have no way of knowing which attack would succeed on which target. Equally important, this also makes it much more difficult to generate attack vectors by reverse-engineering security patches.
Franz leads the Secure Systems and Languages Laboratory at UC Irvine, one of the top research teams on dynamic compilation, virtual machines and language-based computer security. In collaboration with the Mozilla foundation, he transitioned the JavaScript compilation technology invented in his lab into the Firefox browser, where it is used every day by hundreds of millions of people.
Tomlinson Addresses Sustainability Conference
Bill Tomlinson
Bill Tomlinson, Informatics Associate Professor, delivered a plenary address last week in Washington, D.C. at a workshop that explored research challenges facing worldwide sustainability.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Computing Community Consortium,
“The Role of Information Sciences and Engineering in Sustainability”
aimed to identify new research opportunities in the information sciences and engineering that address sustainability objectives.
Tomlinson’s talk, “IT and (Un)sustainable Cultures,” addressed core societal principles that he believes are the root causes of our greatest environmental concerns. Specifically, he said, industrialized civilizations’ emphases on growth and consumption are deeply unsustainable.
Profound transformations in personal, institutional and infrastructure goals will be necessary to support a more sustainable existence and IT can play an important role in this evolution.
He discussed the concept explored in his book, “Greening through IT,” that environmental issues occur on broad scales of time, space and complexity, but humans work best at narrower scales. “IT can help bridge this gap, enabling us to understand the complex chains of causality that underlie global climatic disruption, biodiversity loss, sea level rise and a host of other environmental issues,” he said.
IT is also implicated in the creation of the world’s current environmental problems, he said, calling it a “force multiplier” that allows people to accomplish more and more. One way to approach these problems is to explore the ways in which IT can help alter unsustainable cultural norms and provide acceptable alternatives.
For example, he said, IT systems can help support local sustainable agriculture, public health, education and nutrition. They can provide social support and identity via social networking, virtualized workspaces and other support networks. These systems can also help people learn more about the world and how to live sustainably in it.
“These are not new ideas,” he said. But in order to create necessary cultural change that can lead to increased sustainability, “we need more IT researchers to work on these projects.”
Ramanan Collaborates on Next-Generation Visual Computing
Deva Ramanan
Assistant professor of computer science Deva Ramanan will collaborate with Intel and Stanford University researchers to design innovative visual computing projects as part of a $100 million Intel initiative.
The new Intel Science and Technology Center on the Stanford campus, announced this week, is the first of several such centers on university campuses planned by the semiconductor and microprocessor giant. It is supported by a five-year, $10 million grant, and will focus on improving visual computing experiences for consumers and professionals. The center includes researchers from UC Berkeley and UC Davis.
Ramanan, whose research interests span computer vision, machine learning and computer graphics, will contribute to the center in the area of perceiving people and places, specifically “projects that use computer vision techniques to analyze people in images and recognize actions in videos,” he said.
“I am excited by the opportunity to collaborate… with the center. Intel is providing generous support in resources and funds which I’m confident will spur progress on such problems in visual computing.”
Tsudik is Keynote Speaker at Top Australasian Computer Science Event
Gene Tsudik
Computer science professor Gene Tsudik delivered one of three keynote addresses last week in Perth, Australia, at the 2011 Australasian Computer Science Week conference – the region’s premier annual computer science event.
His talk, “Usable Security: The Case of Secure Pairing of Wireless Devices,” focused on the process of creating an initial secure channel between multiple wireless devices that were previously unassociated, for example: two cell phones, a cell phone/Bluetooth combination, or an MP3 player and a wireless headset. Lack of a prior security context and absence of a global security infrastructure opens the door for so-called "man-in-the-middle" or “evil twin” attacks.
Tsudik summarized notable pairing techniques, comparing and contrasting their advantages and limitations. He evaluated these methods based on usability and security, and discussed methods best-suited for specific combinations of devices and human abilities.
His talk also covered situations where more than two unfamiliar devices must be associated in order to ensure secure communications, and reported on a usability study that compares several such techniques. He concluded by highlighting still-unresolved issues and potential avenues for future research.
Tsudik, who serves as director of UCI’s Secure Computing and Networking Center (SCONCE) and vice-chair of ICS’s Department of Computer Science, is also editor-in-chief of the ACM “Transactions on Information and Systems Security.” His research interests include computer/network security and privacy, and applied cryptography.
DECEMBER 2010
Majumder Delivers ISVC Keynote
Aditi Majumder
Aditi Majumder, Computer Science Associate Professor, was a keynote speaker at the
International Symposium on Visual Computing
2010, a prestigious graphics and vision conference that brings together renowned researchers from all over the world.
Majumder’s talk, “Ubiquitous Displays: A Distributed Network of Active Displays,” presents her team’s work-in-progress on developing a new display paradigm in which displays are not mere carriers of information, but active members of the workspace — interacting with data, user, environment and other displays. The goal is to integrate such active displays seamlessly with the environment, making them ubiquitous to multiple users and data.
Majumder’s research aims to make multi-projector displays truly commodity products and easily accessible to the common man. Her significant research contributions include photometric and color registration across multi-projector displays, enabling use of imperfect projectors in tiled displays, and more recently a distributed framework for tiled displays via a distributed network of projector-camera pairs. A 2009 recipient of the NSF CAREER award, she has played a key role in developing the first curved screen multi-projector display being marketed by NEC/Alienware and is an advisor at Disney Imagineering for advances in their projection-based theme park rides.
NOVEMBER 2010
Kobsa receives support from Disney for location-sharing research
Alfred Kobsa
Informatics Professor Alfred Kobsa received a $25,000 gift from Disney Company to support his research on location-sharing applications on mobile devices. Together with Informatics PhD student Xinru Page, he will investigate novel interface designs for such applications that accommodate users' privacy and impression management desires. Special emphasis will be put on practical usage for car pooling purposes.
Professor Kobsa's research interests lie in the areas of user modeling and personalized systems, privacy, and in information visualization.
OCTOBER 2010
UC Irvine Computer Scientists awarded an NIH grant to develop novel search methods for searching biomedical literature
Chen Li
Xiaohui Xie
Computer science professors Chen Li and Xiaohui Xie have been awarded a $371,000 two-year grant from the National Institute of Health to develop novel search methods for mining biomedical literature.
The MEDLINE database, complied by the United States National Library of Medicine, is a comprehensive bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. The database contains more than 19 million records from approximately 5,000 selected publications, covering much of the literature in biomedicine and health. The database is also growing fast, with thousands of updates every day.
Searching MEDLINE has become an indispensable component in the daily life of medical practitioners, biological researchers, and an increasing number of patients who prefer to seek medical information through their own hands.
Currently, searching MEDLINE is primarily conducted through the PubMed web server, maintained by National Center for Biotechnology Information of NIH, which handles millions of searches per day. Given the high popularity and importance, it is critical to study how to make MEDLINE search more powerful and easier to use.
Li and Xie, together with collaborators at Tsinghua University, China, have developed a system called iPubMed, to study how to support instant, error-tolerant search on MEDLINE publications.
Their published paper in the journal Bioinformatics demonstrated that the experience of searching MEDLINE can be significantly improved by instant search.
In the new search paradigm, a user can view the search results instantly as he or she types each letter of the query. Because the user can modify the query on the fly according to the instantly returned results, it can take much less time for them to locate the right items.
This new search model is also gaining popularity in other domains. For instance, Google recently released a new web search tool called Google Instant, which implements the similar idea. The error-tolerant feature is especially important when the user does not remember the exact spelling of the keywords, such as a disease name or an author name.
The NIH grant will support Professors Li and Xie’s research efforts to further improve the iPubMed system.
Li's research interests are in the fields of database and information systems, including Web search, large-scale data management, data cleansing, and data integration.
Xie's research focuses in machine learning, bioinformatics, computational biology and neural computation. He is interested in both developing novel machine learning theory and algorithms, and applying them to practical problems, such as biology and medical science.
SEPTEMBER 2010
Dechter et al place first in the 2010 UAI Challenge
Rina Dechter
Computer science professor Rina Dechter, with her students, has won first place in the 2010 Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI) Approximate Inference Challenge. The UAI community is focused on developing algorithms for answering queries over knowledge-bases known as "graphical models" that represent both certain and uncertain information about the world.
For example, the algorithms can express the information that if an individual is a smoker, their chances for developing cancer are higher than someonw who is a non-smoker. Given such statements with numerous additional such rules with and without numerical probabilities, which involve numbers in a particular domain such as medicine, researchers want to answer a variety of questions.
“When we get ‘evidence’ or observations, we want to know how they change our ‘belief’ about certain other facts,” says Dechter.
“The evidence in the example is ‘Peter is smoking’, and I want to know the probability that ‘Peter has cancer.’ Or, I can have evidence that ‘Peter has cancer’ and the question I am interested in is what is the probability that ‘Peter smokes.’”
Overall, when there is a probabilistic graphical model describing some world – such as the medical domain in the example above – and evidence on specific individual conditions, computer scientist often attempt to compute such answers.
The UAI challenge is third in a series of events that challenge the UAI community to provide their code for approximation algorithms so that they all work on the same set of problems and run on the same machines. The results are then announced.
In the UAI 2010 challenge Dechter and her team compared algorithms on each of three tasks, and for 3 different lengths of time, comparing the accuracy of their results against actual results.
Of the nine competing teams, Dechter with Vibhav Gogate (currently a postdoctoral student at university of Washington) were placed first on the two tasks and (with Lars Otten) placed third place on the third task.
Professor Dechter's research centers on computational aspects of automated reasoning and knowledge representation including search, constraint processing and probabilistic reasoning. The primary aim of her research is to devise efficient methods through the understanding and exploitation of tractable reasoning tasks.
Professor Dechter is an author of the book "Constraint Processing" published by Morgan Kaufmann, 2003, and has authored over 100 research papers.
Olsons awarded $400,000 for study on distributed collaborations
Gary Olson
Judy Olson
Gary and Judy Olson, Bren Professors in Information and Computer Sciences, have been awarded $400,000 for their research entitled “Next Steps in Articulating Success Factors for Distributed Collaborations.”
The Olsons have spent the past decade studying work at a distance, both in science and engineering venues as well as in corporations. During this time, they have identified the major the factors that make for success in work at a distance. From these, the Olsons have developed a preliminary theory, called the Theory of Remote Scientific Collaboration (TORSC), published in 2008.
Given this theory, the Olsons have developed an online assessment device called the Collaboration Success Wizard, which goes through each of the important factors in question form and either confirms that the collaboratory has a good chance of success or suggests a remedy for the factors that are not met.
These assessments and data collected from the tool will be directed at deepening the understanding of what differentiates successful from unsuccessful distributed collaborations, and provide guidance to those who are developing such collaborations.
Gary and Judy Olson expect that their research will have major implications for the emergence of successful virtual organizations to facilitate distance collaborations, in science and beyond.
Gary Olson, author of more than 120 published research articles, has dedicated his work to understanding how technology can support remote collaboration. He also has made important contributions to the studies of management practice and the cultural aspects of collaboration, as well as the complex socio-technical issues surrounding technology design.
Judy Olson has published about 110 published research articles and is best known for her work on distance collaborations and has achieved international acclaim for her studies that compared office workers in geographically distributed organizations to those working in the same location.
They are both Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, and were jointly awarded the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dourish, Mazmanian receive $201,000 grant for "Scaling Social Networks to Social Movements"
Paul Dourish
Melissa Mazmanian
Paul Dourish and Melissa Mazmanian, Professors of Informatics, have received a $201,000 grant for their work entitled "Scaling Social Networks to Social Movements."
The research concerns the application of theories of social movement formation to digital media. Dourish and Mazmanian will explore questions such as how do people become involved in social or political movements through their participation online, and can digital systems help people to see themselves as part of a broader collective? The team will focus specifically on environmental sustainability.
Dourish's primary research interests are in the areas of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction, and Ubiquitous Computing. He is especially interested in the foundational relationships between social scientific analysis and technological design.
Mazmanian's interests revolve around on the experience of communication technologies as used in-practice within organizational contexts, specifically in relation to identity projection and the nature of personal and professional time in the digital age. Her dissertation research explores the individual experiences and social dynamics that emerge when people adapt to using wireless email devices.
Dourish, Mazmanian receive $400,000 grant for "Innovating Across Cultures in Virtual Organizations"
Paul Dourish
Melissa Mazmanian
Professors of Informatics, Paul Dourish and Melissa Mazmanian have received a $400,000 grant over four years for the research entitled, "Innovating Across Cultures in Virtual Organizations."
The research team is looking at how design and creative work is managed in cross-cultural settings. In particular, how collaboration technologies and material practices shape the design process, and how cultural processes shape the production and interpretation of these practices.
Ph.D. student Lilly Irani will be spending a year doing ethnographic fieldwork with a design firm in India where the team will look at these practices in detail.
Dourish's primary research interests are in the areas of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction, and Ubiquitous Computing. He is especially interested in the foundational relationships between social scientific analysis and technological design.
Mazmanian's interests revolve around on the experience of communication technologies as used in-practice within organizational contexts, specifically in relation to identity projection and the nature of personal and professional time in the digital age. Her dissertation research explores the individual experiences and social dynamics that emerge when people adapt to using wireless email devices.
Dourish, Hayes, receive $247,000 grant for "The Persistence of Digital Identity"
Paul Dourish
Gillian Hayes
Professors of Informatics, Paul Dourish and Gillian Hayes have been awarded a $247,000 grant over two years for their project entited "The Persistence of Digital Identity."
In this work, the team will be looking at phenomena concerning social media and death -- how people make arrangements for the curation of their digital identity, how the Internet provides a site for post-mortem memorialization, and how we manage the different "lifetimes" of people and their information.
Dourish's primary research interests are in the areas of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction, and Ubiquitous Computing. He is especially interested in the foundational relationships between social scientific analysis and technological design.
Hayes’ interests are in human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing. She studies record keeping and surveillance technologies, particularly in natural, unplanned and/or public settings. She also focuses on the application and uses of ubiquitous computing and CSCW technologies in the areas of education and healthcare.
Majumder receives Best Paper Award at IEEE CVPR Workshop on PROCAMS
Aditi Majumder
Computer science professor Aditi Majumder has been awarded a Best Paper Award at the IEEE Workshop on Projector and Camera Systems (PROCAMS) held at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) in San Francisco. Her paper entitled, "Display Gamut Reshaping for Color Emulation and Balancing" was coauthored by researchers at Ostendo Technologies Ltd.
Majumder et al present a hardware-assisted 3D gamut reshaping method that handles a gamut expansion in LED based DLP displays in emerging mobile digital light projectors (known commonly as pico-projectors). These projectors use multiple LED/laser sources instead of a singular white lamp providing a larger color gamut. The full abstract and paper can be found here [PDF link].
The IEEE CVPR Workshop on PROCAMS is one of the top international venues for projector-camera systems researchers and practitioners.
Majumder's research addresses novel projection based displays and methodologies to register and interact with them - an important problem to both the scientific and entertainment fields. Majumder has developed a suite of mathematical models, methods and software to register and interact with large tiled projection based displays.
Jain receives SIGMM Technical Achievement Award
Ramesh Jain
Bren Professor of Information and Computer Sciences Ramesh Jain has received ACM’s Special Interest Group on Multimedia (SIGMM) Technical Achievement award.
The award, given in recognition of outstanding contributions over a researcher’s career, cited Jain’s “pioneering research and inspiring leadership that transformed multimedia information processing to enhance the quality of life and visionary leadership of the multimedia community”.
The SIGMM award will be presented at the ACM International Conference on Multimedia 2010 that will be held October 25-29, 2010 in Florence, Italy.
Jain has made pioneering contributions in the areas of multimedia information systems, image databases, machine vision, and intelligent systems for more than three decades. His early work on accumulative difference pictures established the dynamic vision field that has directly influenced today’s digital video processing. Many techniques such as background subtraction, tracking, and event detection were first introduced in his pioneering papers in this field.
In 1992, Jain proposed and organized the inaugural NSF workshop on visual information management systems that established a new research direction leading to the enormous advances that we see today in content-based analysis and search of images and video. Jain has pioneered techniques that analyze content and combine information from multiple sources.
His emphasis in recent years on event-based representation and analysis of multimedia data has led the community’s focus to be on live dynamic data. In fact, he has recently pioneered the first comprehensive multimedia Event model which is increasingly being adopted.
Professor Jain's research has also impacted society through his active entrepreneurship, having founded five companies producing software and services in the area of image processing, visual media retrieval and multimedia experience management on the mobile platform.
Stern, Yu receive $620,000 NSF grant for study in stastistical methods for climate systems
Hal Stern
Yaming Yu
Statistics professors Hal Stern and Yaming Yu, along with professor of earth systems science, Gudrun Magnusdottir, received a $620,000 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop novel statistical methods for the analysis for climate systems and their interactions.
The award from the Collaboration in Mathematical Geosciences program will support the interdisciplinary work of a team that includes the faculty and graduate students from the two departments. The traditional approach to studying climate systems combines data from long periods of time assuming that the location of the systems is consistent over time. The proposed new approach would allow for the position of systems to vary smoothly over time.
Hal Stern is Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean. His research interests include: statistical inference using Bayesian methods, assessing the fit of statistical models, applications of statistics in health sciences and in the physical sciences.
Yu's research interests include statistical methods for missing data problems and statistical computing algorithms.
Welling wins Koenderink Prize at European Conference on Computer Vision
Max Welling
Max Welling, professor of computer science, has been awarded European Conference on Computer Vision’s Koenderink Prize in recognition of his computer vision research paper that has “withstood the test of time.” Entitled “Unsupervised Learning of Models for Recognition,” the paper was originally published in 2000.
The research paper presents a method to learn object class models from unlabeled and unsegmented cluttered scenes for the purpose of visual object recognition. The authors focused on a particular type of model where objects are represented as flexible constellations of rigid parts (features):
“The variability within a class is represented by a joint probability density function (pdf) on the shape of the constellation and the output of part detectors. In a first stage, the method automatically identifies distinctive parts in the training set by applying a clustering algorithm to patterns selected by an interest operator. It then learns the statistical shape model using expectation maximization. The method achieves very good classification results on human faces and rear views of cars.”
Professor Welling's research lies in the areas of machine learning and machine vision with links to closely related areas such as pattern recognition, data mining, computational statistics, and large-scale data analysis.
AUGUST 2010
Lilly Irani wins Best Paper Award at ACM ICIC
Lilly Irani
Informatics Ph.D. Student Lilly Irani, along with Professors Paul Dourish and Melissa Mazmanian, have been awarded the Best Paper Award at the first ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration.
The paper, entitled “Shopping for Sharpies in Seattle: Mundane Infrastructures of Transnational Design,” describes the importance of mundane tools for design practitioners in India who are working with Euro-American clients. The published findings are based on an ongoing ethnographic study of a design firm based in Delhi, India.
The research team analyzed everyday tools such as post-its as infrastructures with both practical and symbolic functions. These infrastructures are made meaningful in the shared practices of a transnational but primarily Euro- American design community. Material infrastructures shape the design processes and design communication as the teams work to established effective collaborations.
Irani’s research interests lie in the areas of political economy, globalization issues in technoculture, development, and critical innovation studies.
Tsudik awarded $600,000 in NSF effort to re-design the Internet
Gene Tsudik
Gene Tsudik, professor of computer science, has been awarded $600,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the Named Data Networking (NDN) project in the NSF Future Internet Architecture (FIA) program. The goal of FIA is to design a more effective, trustworthy and robust Internet protocols and techniques.
Led by Professor Lixia Zhang of UCLA, the NDN project will focus on Internet architecture that moves the communication paradigm from today's focus on "where" (i.e., Internet addresses, servers, and hosts), to "what" (i.e., content that users and applications care about).
Current Internet communication is based on a client-server model of interaction: communicating parties establish a relationship and then proceed to transfer information contained within IP packets transported along one or more paths. However, the most predominant use of the Internet is actually centered on content creation, dissemination and delivery, and this trend will continue for the foreseeable future. While the basic client-server model has enabled a wide range of services and applications, it does not offer adequate mechanisms to support secure content-oriented functionality, regardless of the specific physical location where the content resides.
By naming data instead of its location (IP address), NDN transforms data into a first-class entity. While the current Internet mainly secures the channel between communication points, NDN secures the content and provides essential context for security. NDN allows the decoupling of trust in data from trust in hosts and servers, enabling trustworthiness as well as several very scalable communication mechanisms, for example, automatic caching to optimize bandwidth and the potential to move content along multiple paths to the destination.
This goal of this project is to address technical challenges in creating NDN, including: routing scalability, fast forwarding, trust models, network security, content protection and privacy, as well as new fundamental communication theory.
UC Irvine will focus specifically on security and privacy aspects of the NDN architecture. Besides UCLA, other collaborating institutions include: PARC, Yale, Washington University and Colorado State.
Gene Tsudik's research interests include computer/network security, privacy and applied cryptography. His recent work focuses on privacy in Internet services, RFID systems, mobile ad hoc networks, as well as security in sensor networks and storage systems.
More about the Future Internet Architecture Awards is available here.
JULY 2010
Alumnus named Juan de la Cierva Fellow in Spain
Claudio Soriente
Networked Systems alumnus, Claudio Soriente, Ph.D. '10 has been awarded the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship by the Spanish government.
As part of this fellowship award, Claudio will be conducting research at the Polytechnic University of Madrid as a member of the Distributed Systems Laboratory.
Soriente’s research focuses on security and privacy of large-scale distributed systems such as, sensor networks and parallel stream processing engines.
Juan de la Cierva Fellowships are highly prestigious and very selective 3-year post-doctoral positions financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education. The program is designed to promote the recruitment of young PhDs, with the aim of helping them to join and strengthen Spanish research teams. Juan de la Cierva fellowships are highly competitive and are offered to young (less than three years from obtaining a PhD) promising individuals with an outstanding record of research.
Javanmardi places third in an international competition for detecting vandalism in Wikipedia
Sara Javanmardi
Sara Javanmardi, a Ph.D. student in Informatics, has placed third in an international competition for detecting vandalism in Wikipedia.
Vandalism has always been one of Wikipedia's biggest problems, yet there are only few automatic countermeasures. Instead, volunteers spend their time in reverting vandalism edits — time, which is not spend on improving other parts of the Wikipedia. The goal of the evaluation campaign was to research and develop new, reliable ways to detect vandalism edits, which can be used to aid Wikipedia.
Sponsored by Yahoo! Research, the competition is part of the fourth International Workshop on Uncovering Plagiarism, Authorship, and Social Software Misuse PAN-10 will be held as an evaluation lab in conjunction with the Conference on Multilingual and Multimodal Information Access Evaluation in Padua, Italy.
Javanmardi's current research, in collaboration with Professor Cristina Lopes, focuses on social media content analysis. Her goal is to develop general quality-analysis and real-time search solutions that will be extendable to other Web 2.0 (social media) applications such as Twitter, Digg and blogs.
JUNE 2010
Irani receives 2010-11 Academic Senate’s Distinguished Award
Sandy Irani
Computer science professor Sandy Irani has been named recipient of the 2010-11 Academic Senate Distinguished Award for Service. Irani was nominated given her outstanding performance as the first Chair of the Computer Science department, which was created during the ICS' transition from an autonomous department to the Bren School.
Part of the UC Irvine Academic Senate Distinguished Awards, the award recognizes faculty who have achieved excellence through their activities in research, teaching and service. The Academic Senate's Distinguished Faculty awards are selected by the Committee on Scholarly Honors and Awards.
Professor Irani's principal research interests are in quantum computation and information. Her recent work has focused on understanding the computational complexity of computing fundamental properties of quantum system as well as characterizing which quantum systems can be used for quantum computation.
Franz receives Academic Senate’s top research award
Michael Franz
Computer science professor Michael Franz has been named the recipient of the 2010-11 Academic Senate Distinguished Award for Mid-Career Research — the Academic Senate’s highest honor for excellence in research.
Professor Franz, along with former graduate student Andreas Gal, is the inventor of Trace Compilation, a radically new way of building just-in-time compilers. This technique is widely regarded as the single biggest invention in compilers in 20 years. His research impact currently extends to 500 million people globally using software that integrates his technique, such as Mozilla’s Firefox browser. In addition, Franz’s research has enabled third world countries to connect using no-cost cloud software such as Gmail and Google Docs, thereby closing the gap in the “digital divide”.
Franz’s invention is a radical departure from the long-established convention of “control flow graph”, a technique used for over five decades to model a program’s control flow that a compiler builds and then traverses while generating code. Instead of constructing a control-flow graph of the program, Franz’s patent-pending technique called Trace Tree utilizes an intermediate representation that is constructed on-demand while the program is simultaneously executed, incrementally compiled and optimized.
The advantage of the Trace Tree technique is that it utilizes one-seventh (1/7) of the memory footprint and one-thirtieth (1/30) of the compile time of traditional compilers. Working with the Mozilla foundation, Franz has incorporated this technique into the Firefox browser, beginning with version 3.5. By incorporating the Trace Tree, Mozilla was able to raise Firefox’s JavaScript performance 700%.
Franz is currently in collaboration with Adobe to incorporate his just-in-time compiler into their next version of Flash. In addition, Google’s Android team has adopted Trace Compilation for the next generation smart phone operating system. These integrations coupled with the Firefox deployment will result in the impact of potentially several billion devices.
Professor Franz is director at UC Irvine’s Secure Systems and Software Laboratory. A Distinguished Scientist of the Association for Computing Machinery and a Senior Member of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Franz has graduated 13 Ph.D. students, been awarded more than $7 Million in competitive Federal research funding as Principal Investigator, and has published more than 90 refereed papers.
The Academic Senate's Distinguished Faculty awards are selected by the Committee on Scholarly Honors and Awards.
Leon receives Excellence in Leadership Award
Christine Leon, Director of Student Affairs, has been named one of three UC Irvine Excellence in Leadership Award winners.
Leon was nominated by the Student Affairs Office staff for her excellent leadership of student affairs staff and was named an award winner by Executive Vice Chancellor-Provost Michael Gottfredson at last week's campuswide Staff Service Awards ceremony.
The Excellence in Leadership Award Program recognizes select staff supervisors who – through outstanding leadership – enhance staff morale, build an enriching work environment, and serve as a mentor or otherwise support the career development of their staff, all to the benefit of our UCI community.
EVC/Provost Gottfredson described Christine as a magnetic and engaging leader, who is selfless, honest and one who makes sound decisions for the good of her staff and the students of ICS. Christine has a great sense of fun and energy. She has inspired her staff to volunteer as a group annually for the Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. This has been not only a fun team-building and bonding experience, but one that allows the group to go beyond the everyday job and make a difference in the community.
Annette Luckow and Mark Cartnal were also nominated by their staff. With three nominations, ICS had the most nomination from a single unit on campus.
Tim Kashani '86 wins Best Musical Tony for Memphis
Tim Kashani '86, an undergraduate
ICS alumnus, was a part of the production team that was
awarded the Best Musical Tony Award last night at
Radio City Music Hall. Kashani's company Apple and
Oranges Productions is a partner in the Broadway
release of the musical.
Memphis is loosely based on Memphis disc jockey Dewey
Phillips, one of the first white DJs to play black
music in the 1950s. It was staged during the 2003-04
season in Beverly, Massachusetts and Mountain View,
California and opened on Broadway on October 19,
2009.
Kashani is also the CEO of IT Mentors, a technology
training company. View his complete alumni profile
here:
MAY 2010
ICS undergrads named finalist in Google's Juicy Ideas Competition
A Bren:ICS team of undergraduate students, PWNAGE, has been named one of six finalists in the Juicy Ideas Collegiate Competition.
Computer Science and Engineering majors Jared Haren and Adrian Guzman, along with Informatics
major Sabel Barganza are vying for an opportunity to win an all-expenses paid trip to Google headquarters in Mountain View and an
Android-powered phone.
PWNAGE developed a mobile application for UCI Dining that allows users to locate dining options based on menus, wi-fi availability,
hours and other key information.
Lopes named IEEE Senior Member
Cristina Lopes
Cristina Lopes, associate professor
in Informatics, has been elected a Senior Member of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
(IEEE), the world's leading professional association for the
advancement of technology.
Senior Member status is a rare honor attained by
approximately eight percent of IEEE's 382,400 members. It is
conferred only on those who have outstanding research
achievements and who have performed great service to the
scientific community.
Dr. Lopes is best known as one of the co-inventors of
Aspect-Oriented Programming. She conducts research in
software engineering, specifically in large-scale
source code search and analysis, and architectures for massive
multi-user systems.
Van Dyk elected IMS Fellow
David van Dyk
Statistics professor David van Dyk
has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical
Statistics. The Fellowship honors the outstanding
research and professional contributions of IMS members who
are leaders in the field of statistics and
probability.
Professor van Dyk's scholarly work focuses on
methodological and computational issues involved with Bayesian
analysis of highly structured statistical models and
emphasizes serious interdisciplinary research. He is
particularly interested in improving the efficiency
of computationally intensive methods involving data
augmentation, such as EM-type algorithms and Markov
chain Monte Carlo methods. A primary area of interdisciplinary
work is Astro-statistics and focusing on constructing
and fitting highly structured models for data obtained with
the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Newly elected IMS Fellows will be recognized at the
73rd Annual IMS conference to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden,
August 9-13.
APRIL 2010
Borkar named inaugural Facebook Fellow
Vinayak Borkar
Vinayak Borkar, a PhD student in
computer science, has been named one of five inaugural
Facebook Fellows.
Borkar's research focuses on ways to improve distributed
computing platforms for data analysis and applied for a
fellowship because of the complex data processing
challenges Facebook is tackling.
"Large-scale data processing is undergoing a radical
change. Innovation in these areas is happening at places like
Facebook," says Borkar. "I look here for interesting
data problems that will push the frontiers of research."
The Facebook
Fellowship Program
supports Ph.D. students who show promise in solving
some of the biggest challenges facing the social web and
Internet technology. Each fellow receives paid
tuition and fees, a $30,000 stipend, conference travel and other
benefits.
Vernica named Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges winner
Rares Vernica
Rares
Vernica, a PhD student in computer science, has been
named one of the winners of the
2010 Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program,
sponsored by Yahoo! Inc. for his work on "Efficient Similarity-Based
Operators for Social Data." He was nominated by
professors Michael J. Carey and Prof. Chen Li.
Vernica will take a look at social networking sites
to explore how an extremely large social graph can be
efficiently analyzed for the purposes of information
retrieval/recommendation and social trend detection.
"The increasing popularity of social networking sites
like Facebook and MySpace has led to the emergent trend of
increasing integration between content and social
sites," says Vernica.
"In one direction, social sites are adding more and
more content — such as photo, video, and news articles
— to their sites to provide more practical utility to
their users. Conversly, content sites like Amazon and
Yahoo! Travel are incorporating social activities and
connections to more deeply engage their users."
With the establishment of the OpenSocial
(opensocial.org) Foundation, the integration of social sites and content
sites will likely be one of the major trends in the
next few years.
The Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program
encourages top graduate students globally to collaborate with Yahoo!
and help invent the future of the Internet. The
program focuses on a variety of scientific issues, from developing
algorithms that turn raw information into personally
relevant experiences, to discovering insights about online
advertising and experimenting with new sociological
models for how people engage with the Web. More about the
program can be found here.
Sambasivan, Nardi nominated for Best Paper at CHI
2010
Bonnie Nardi
Nithya Sambasivan
Nithya Sambasivan, graduate student
in informatics, and Professor Bonnie Nardi
received a a Best Paper nomination at the CHI
Conference 2010. Entitled, “Intermediated Technology Use in
Developing Communities,” the paper is published in
the Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors
in Computer Systems.
The paper describes a prevalent mode of information
access in low-income communities of the developing world—
intermediated interactions. The research takes an
ethnographic look of two urban slums of Bangalore, India, studying
how digitally skilled users can enable persons for
whom technology is inaccessible due to non-literacy, lack of
technology-operation skills, or financial
constraints.
The paper presents some requirements and challenges
in interface design of these interactions and explains how they
are different from direct interactions. They go on to
explain the broader effects of these interactions on low-income
communities, and present implications for design.
Nithya Sambasivan is interested in human-centered
technologies towards socio-economic betterment. She is also
interested in mobile and ubiquitous computing as
vehicles of social change.
Professor Nardi's research interests include theory
in human-computer interaction and computer-supported
collaborative work and studies of social life on the
Internet. Her current work concerns World of Warcraft and
online crafting communities such as Ravelry.
El Zarki, Lopes, Scacchi proposals win new initiative
grants
Magda El Zarki
Crista Lopes
A program to train scientists to better manage vast,
complex datasets, and a center that will
transform human mobility through information
technology and robotics, have been selected as the
first recipients of the Large-Scale Interdisciplinary
Research Ignition Initiative sponsored by
Calit2, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
the Donald Bren School of Information and
Computer Sciences.
The funding program, announced last December, aims to
promote interdisciplinary research that
will evolve into large-scale, agency-funded projects
or centers in the areas of health, energy,
environment, information, communications or digital
technologies.
The selection committee, comprised of deans Debra
Richardson and Rafael Bras, and Calit2 Irvine
director G.P. Li, chose the iScience project and
iMove Center based on their multidisciplinary
nature, likelihood of attracting significant funding
from outside agencies, innovation,
scientific value and long-term impact.
iScience seeks to address the escalating volume of
data collected by natural scientists, who
increasingly are stymied by the sheer size of the
datasets. Data-driven computing faces
challenges in storing and managing these large,
complex distributed and dynamic data collections,
and needs radically new tool sets and visualization
schemes to effectively explore, mine,
understand and extract new knowledge from the
information.
Project PI Magda El Zarki
(information and computer science) and co-PI
Crista Lopes (informatics) propose a
program to educate students, along with
their faculty, across disciplines to create a new
crop of scientists who are knowledgeable in
the basic concepts of natural and computational
sciences.
The iMove Center, led by co-PIs David Reinkensmeyer
(mechanical and aerospace engineering, and
biomedical engineering), Steve Cramer (neurology),
Mark Bachman (electrical engineering and
computer science) and Walt Scacchi
(information and computer science) will
search for ways to use information technology,
robotics and neuro-regenerative therapies,
including dance, sport and computer games, to improve
human mobility and challenge patients
beyond what is possible with current rehabilitation
models.
Researchers hope to help shape new brain circuits and
assess movement recovery with novel
electrophysiological, functional imaging and
behavioral outcome measures. The center also seeks
to produce technologies useful to those without
disabilities, including innovative, interactive
training and performance technologies for sport and
dance.
Each winning project will receive grants totaling
$40,000: $20,000 now and $20,000 when a
proposal is submitted to an outside agency requesting
a minimum of $500,000 per year for at
least 3 years. Additional calls for proposals for
the initiative will occur in October 2010 and
February 2011.
"We are pleased to be a part of this new
multidisciplinary initiative that will ultimately
benefit society," said Calit2's Li, "and we look
forward to the long-term success of our first
two recipient projects."
Mehrotra, Hore receive NEC Research Award
Sharad Mehrotra
Professor Sharad Mehrotra and
postdoctoral student Bijit Hore
have received a $60,000 NEC Research Award to study
Risk Containment in Cloud Computing Services
for Data centric Applications.
Building upon the pioneering work by Mehrotra's group on privacy
challenges in data outsourcing
(also known as the database as a service model), the goal of
this study is to understand
information disclosure risks and design mechanisms to prevent
disclosure in multi-tenant cloud
environments and dynamic data integration applications such as
mashups.
As cloud computing becomes prevalent for enterprise data
management, increasingly privacy
sensitive user data will be managed in such systems.
In addition, the project will address how one can reduce the
risk of memory based leakage of
critically sensitive information in the Mapreduce framework. The
Mapreduce framework provides a
highly scalable and robust approach for large data processing
applications in a cloud-computing
environment.
The NEC Research Award is a gift from the Nippon Electric
Corporation's R&D division.
Mehrotra's current research focuses on next-generation
information systems focusing on issues
related to data quality, data dynamicity, and data privacy.
Majumder and Sajadi win Best Paper award at IEEE
Virtual Reality 2010
Aditi Majumder
Behzad Sajadi
Computer Science Professor Aditi Majumder
and graduate student Behzad Sajadi
have received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE
Virtual Reality 2010 conference held in Boston.
The paper, entitled "Auto-Calibration of Cylindrical
Multi-Projector Systems," explores registering
multiple projectors on vertically extruded a
cylindrical display, which previously was only possible with
a calibrated stereo camera.
This papers shows that using some simple priors, one
can achieve multiple projector registration on a
cylindrical display using a single uncalibrated
camera without any markers on the display. More
importantly, the new method enables use of multiple
overlapped projectors across corners of a vertically
extruded surface with sharp edges. This is of
tremendous benefit to virtual reality display systems like
CAVEs, that avoided mounting projectors across the
corners until today.
IEEE Virtual Reality 2010 is the top international
venue for virtual reality researchers and
practitioners.
Professor Majumder's research addresses how to
produce a seamless image on a large-scale tiled display
- an important problem to both the scientific and
entertainment fields. Majumder has developed a suite of
mathematical models, methods and software to correct
the geometric, chromatic and luminescent variations
that arise when tiling multiple projection displays.
Lilly Irani speaks at the Commonwealth Club panel in
San Francisco
Informatics graduate student Lilly Irani
spoke on March 3 at a Commonwealth Club panel
in San Fancisco. The panel brought together people
from business, NGOs, and research to discuss the ethics
and possibilities of crowdsourcing platforms such as
Mechanical Turk, Crowdflower, and Samasource.
MARCH 2010
Li receives NSF grant to support Family Reunification
project
Chen Li
Professor of Computer Science Chen Li
has received a $50,000 NSF grant for his project entitled "RAPID:
Supporting Family Reunification for the Haiti
Earthquake and Future Emergencies."
Li has been leading an effort on a website for family
reunification for the Haiti earthquake
(http://fr.ics.uci.edu/haiti/).
In addition to crawling and scraping data from
Web pages for the Google-hosted repository at
http://haiticrisis.appspot.com/,
the team also built a powerful search interface
on the data.
During this effort, the team has identified several
interesting technical challenges that Li will study in this proposal.
The
research will focus on how to support powerful search
in a could-computing environment, such as Google App Engine. The
techniques
developed in this project will have a broad impact on
many information systems that are moving to the cloud-computing
paradigm.
The team will use the Google Person Finder project as
a real application to test the techniques, and could provide the
techniques
and source code to be used in family reunification
during future disasters.
Li's research interests are in the fields of database
and information systems, including data integration, data cleaning, Web
search, and large-scale information processing using
parallel computing.
Newman awarded NSF EAGER to analyze grant portfolios
David Newman
Research Scientist David Newman has
been awarded a $25,000 NSF EAGER Award for his research entitled
"Analyzing
Grant Portfolios through Topic Modeling." The goal
of this research is to develop and apply topic models — Bayesian models
for document collections — to model and analyze
collections of grant proposals and their metadata (funding amount, NSF
Directorate, NSF Program, etc.).
The award will be used to develop and demonstrate
tools to help NSF program officers better analyze, visualize and
interact with
large collections of both unfunded proposals and
funded projects. This will both help streamline the grant proposal
review and
decision process, and help NSF understand what areas
of research could use more funding, or are under-represented.
Newman's current research focuses on theory and
application of topic models and related text mining techniques. His
research is
marked by a commitment to combining theoretical
advances with practical applications in ways that widen access and use
for
individuals and communities, and ultimately improve
the way people find and discover information.
FEBRUARY 2010
Mehrotra awarded Google Research Award to improve
data quality
Sharad Mehrotra
Professor Sharad Mehrotra and
Assistant Adjunct Professor Dmitri V. Kalashnikov have
been awarded
a Google Research Award for $50,000 for a research
effort entitled "Exploiting Entity Resolution for Web People Search."
The goal of this research is to explore a novel
graphical domain-independent framework that exploits semantics of
various forms to
improve data quality. Data quality challenge is
ubiquitous in various domains - it arises whenever we collect and create
large
repositories of information, especially when
information is captured and assimilated automatically.
The award will be used to develop an adaptive
self-tuning entity resolution framework which will be used to build an
online search
engine that can disambiguate amongst namesakes on the
Web. The system will exploit web queries and search engine statistics
for
disambiguation.
Mehrotra's current research focuses on next
generation database management systems that provide natural and
efficient support for
complex multidimensional data sets. Multidimensional
data sets abound in numerous application domains in which database
technology
is currently being deployed. For example, medical
information systems require databases to provide native support for
X-rays,
volumetric MRI scans, and time varying volumetric
information.
Vaisenberg awarded IBM
Ph.D. Fellowship
Doctoral student Ronen Vaisenberg
has been awarded an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship.
The IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Awards Program is an
intensely competitive worldwide program, which honors exceptional Ph.D.
students who
have an interest in solving problems that are
important to IBM and fundamental to innovation.
Vaisenberg's research focus is on problems that
relate to the management, extraction and fusion of information from
multiple media
sources. This area relates the fields of databases
and data management, time series data management, statistical databases,
model
building and classification applied in the context of
media (text,image,video) processing.
His Ph.D dissertation deals with the issues related
to the data management support for sentient systems, for various first
responding
and life preserving applications funded by NSF's
ITR-Rescue (RESponding to Crisis and Unexpected Events) and the
Department of
Homeland Security's Safire (Situational Awareness for
Firefighters).
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SUMMER 2014
Kobsa to co-chair recommender systems conference in Silicon Valley
Alfred Kobsa
Informatics and computer science professor Alfred Kobsa will co-chair the 8th Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2014), held Oct. 6-10 in Silicon Valley’s Foster City. The conference is the premier international forum for the presentation of new research results, systems and techniques in the broad field of recommender systems. Such systems, as part of broader information filtering system networks, attempt to predict user preferences and ratings for items by exploiting users’ past behaviors. Their use has surged in popularity in recent years.
According to the website, the conference “will bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to present their latest results and identify new trends and challenges in providing recommendation components in a range of innovative application contexts.” Netflix’s chief product officer Neil Hunt will deliver the keynote speech, titled “Quantifying the Value of Better Recommendations.”
Kobsa praised Silicon Valley as an ideal location for RecSys 2014, saying that it “allows local high-tech industry to learn about the most recent research results in recommender technology.” Attracting local industry has proved successful: Tickets to the conference sold out before the early registration deadline.
Nicolau and Veidenbaum published in computing retrospective
Alex Nicolau
Alex Veidenbaum
Computer science chair Alex Nicolau and professor Alex Veidenbaum have each been published in the 25th anniversary volume of the International Conference on Supercomputing. The volume is a collection of author retrospectives for the best papers published in the first 25 years of the conference — the Association for Computing Machinery's flagship conference in high-performance computing. Thirty-five papers were selected for their impact on the field, out of the approximately 1000 papers published in the first 25 years of the conference.
Nicolau’s paper “A Global Resource-Constrained Parallelization Technique,” co-authored with Kemal Ebcioğlu and originally published in 1989, helped to innovate the obstacle-ridden process of automatic parallelization of arbitrary sequential code. In their retrospective on the paper, Nicolau and Ebcioğlu remark, “Automatic parallelization of arbitrary sequential code remains an exciting and active area as of today, and promising research and industry efforts continue.”
Veidenbaum’s paper “Compiler-Directed Data Prefetching in Multiprocessors with Memory Hierarchies,” co-authored with Edward H. Gornish and Elana D. Granston, was the first paper on compiler-managed data prefetching for multiprocessor systems with caches. Prefetching is used to reduce large memory access times. The group explains in their retrospective that compiler-prefetching algorithms used in memory management have not changed much since the paper’s original publishing in 1990. They ask: “Are there better ways to do it for today's hardware?”
Baldi, Kobsa, Mark receive Google Faculty Research Awards
Pierre Baldi
Alfred Kobsa
Gloria Mark
Three ICS professors have received a Google Faculty Research Award as part of Google’s biannual open call for proposals in computer science, engineering and related fields. Computer science Chancellor’s Professor Pierre Baldi, informatics and computer science professor Alfred Kobsa and informatics professor Gloria Mark join several other ICS faculty who have received the award in recent years.
As part of Google’s mission to “organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful,” Faculty Research Awards identify and support faculty pursuing research of mutual interest at internationally renowned universities. The award is an unrestricted gift, and is typically funded at the amount needed to support one graduate student for one year.
Baldi received $65,000 for his proposal, “Deep Learning and Dropout.” The proposal studies the properties of dropout — a recently introduced deep learning approach with applications in computer vision, speech recognition and natural language processing — and seeks to develop optimized randomization strategies and algorithms for deep learning, to be applied to challenging problems in the natural sciences and other areas.
Kobsa received $60,000 for his proposal, “Predicting People’s Privacy Preferences for Ubiquitous Personal Data Disclosure,” which will investigate the predictability of user privacy preferences in a ubiquitous personal data disclosure scenario. In a world where apps and websites increasingly ask users to make privacy decisions, predicted privacy preferences may allow for a balance between desired privacy and personal data disclosure.
Mark’s proposal, “In Situ Precision-tracking of Online Behavior: A Comprehensive View of Focus, Mood and Context,” garnered $64,000. Her work seeks to understand how people's focus, mood and stress change while using digital media in a real-world context, through precision tracking using wearable sensors and other methods.
ICS team earns honorable mention at programming contest in Russia
A team of ICS undergrads garnered an honorable mention at the Association for Computing Machinery’s
International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals
held in Ekaterinburg, Russia in late June. The team known as UCI Constructors — consisting of
Nick Alajat, Alan Castro and Michael Cappe
— finished 88th out of 122 teams, beating out fellow North American competitors UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University, among others.
Computer science senior lecturer Richard Pattis, who sponsored the team, pointed out that UCI Constructors was the first UCI team in over a decade to qualify for the world finals. “These students resurrected competitive programming at UCI,” Pattis declared.
During a five-hour span, international teams tackled 12 difficult programming questions. The UCI team was able to solve one problem, while the winning team from Russia’s St. Petersburg State University solved seven.
“The World Finals were just as difficult as we expected them to be,” explained Gio Borje, coach of UCI Constructors and chair of UC Irvine’s ACM chapter. “Relative to other West Coast teams, UC Irvine had a great start at the beginning of the competition by solving the first problem faster than the others, but eventually the other teams caught up.”
Apart from competing, the team was able to squeeze in some sightseeing and tour the Iset River in Ekaterinburg.
UCI Constructors had
taken second place
in ICPC’s Southern California Regional last year. This year’s tournament starts up again soon, with the Southern California Regional taking place at Riverside Community College Nov. 8.
Jain co-authors textbook on multimedia computing
Ramesh Jain
Professor Ramesh Jain has recently published a new textbook on multimedia computing. Co-written with Gerald Friedland, director of audio and multimedia research at the International Computer Science Institute (a private research lab affiliated with UC Berkeley), the book is simply titled
Multimedia Computing.
The textbook presents emerging techniques in multimedia computing, treating each medium — audio, images, text, etc. — as a strong component of the complete exchange of information.
“The multimedia field needed a textbook,” states Mubarak Shah, a professor at the University of Central Florida, in his back-cover blurb for the book, “and it is finally here.”
Jain and Friedland introduce the fundamentals of multimedia computing, describing the properties of perceptually encoded information; presenting common algorithms and concepts for handling it; and outlining the typical requirements for emerging applications that use diverse information sources. Designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, the book also serves as an introduction for engineers and researchers interested in understanding the elements of multimedia and their role in building specific applications.
Smyth gives keynote talk at top artificial intelligence conference
Padhraic Smyth
Professor Padhraic Smythgave an invited keynote talk
at the recent AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-14). Held July 27-31 in Québec City, Canada, the conference promotes research in artificial intelligence and scientific exchange among AI researchers, practitioners, scientists and engineers in affiliated disciplines. More than 400 papers were presented at the conference, which attracted more than 1000 attendees from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Smyth's talk, titled “30 Years of Probability in AI and Machine Learning,” discussed the historical development of AI and machine learning algorithms in the context of probabilistic and statistical foundations, as well as potential future directions for the field. Smyth described how probabilistic and statistical thinking is a key aspect of developing machine learning solutions for many diverse data-driven problems in areas like computer vision, computational advertising, text mining, bioinformatics and climate science.
Founded in 1979, the nonprofit Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (formerly the American Association for Artificial Intelligence) seeks to further “research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence,” per
the group’s website.
Van der Hoek and LaToza receive $1.4 million from NSF to study “crowdprogramming”
André van der Hoek
Thomas LaToza
Informatics professor André van der Hoek and postdoctoral scholar Thomas LaToza have received a $1.4 million grant over four years from the National Science Foundation for their research into what they have termed “crowdprogramming.”
Where crowdsourcing leverages the power of mass individual input to complete tasks that were previously too labor-intensive to be feasible or even possible, van der Hoek and LaToza propose applying those same principles to software development. Their research will address the fundamental question of how the nature of software affects what may and may not be possible in terms of crowdsourcing.
In their NSF-funded project, the pair will develop theoretical understandings of crowd programming in terms of whether it can be achieved, in which form, under what conditions and with which benefits and drawbacks; and also create a publicly available crowdsourcing platform, CrowdCode, that will offers a tool set specifically designed to address the intricacies of crowdprogramming.
Statistics graduate student places second in prestigious biometrics competition
Sepehr Akhavan
Sepehr Akhavan, a statistics Ph.D. student, has placed second in the student paper competition at the Western North America Region (WNAR) conference of the International Biometric Society. The twenty submissions for this prestigious award included papers from statistics and biostatistics departments at Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA and the University of Washington.
Akhavan’s paper, titled “A Flexible Joint Longitudinal-Survival Model For Quantifying The Association Between Within-Subject Volatility In Serum Biomarkers and Mortality,” proposes a statistical method for tracking albumin, an important biological marker, in patients undergoing dialysis treatment for kidney disease. By identifying potentially dangerous fluctuations in albumin levels, Akhavan’s model seeks to reduce the mortality rate among this critically ill population. The project is being co-supervised by professor Dan Gillen and associate professor Babak Shahbaba.
Founded in 1948, WNAR is devoted to sharing the applications of statistics and mathematics to biology. Gillen points out that the Bren School’s statistics department has had a student place first or second in this competition for three of the past four years.
SPRING 2014
RWJF grants $1.9 million to project co-led by Bietz
Matthew Bietz
The Health Data Exploration Project—co-led by informatics assistant project scientist Matthew Bietz—has received a $1.9 million grant from
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) to create a network of researchers, scientists, companies and others to catalyze the use of personal health data for the public good.
The Health Data Exploration Project,
a multi-campus collaboration led by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), seeks to establish a network that will “bring together companies that collect and store personal health data, captured through the use of wearable devices, smartphone apps and social media, with researchers who mine these data for patterns and trends and other strategic partners,” according to a
press release about the grant.
The network is inspired by findings about health-related data sharing practices, which were published in The Health Data Exploration project’s recent report
“Personal Data for the Public Good.”
The report was also funded by RWJF, the nation’s largest health-focused philanthropic organization.
Kobsa receives $70,000 grant from Intel Labs for research on users’ privacy decision-making
Alfred Kobsa
Intel Labs has awarded informatics and computer science professor Alfred Kobsa a $70,000 grant for his research on users’ privacy decision-making in the context of mobile and ubiquitous computing.
Computer users are increasingly asked to make privacy decisions, but research has shown that such decisions are cumbersome and difficult. Kobsa’s research proposes a “privacy adaptation procedure” that predicts users’ decisions through machine learning, and sets personal default privacy preferences accordingly.
The research is in the vein of Intel’s “context-aware” computing—in which devices anticipate user needs and desires and help fulfill them before users ask.
Kobsa’s proposed “privacy adaptation procedure” could allow Intel to act as an information broker between the user and the app developer. This information broker could provide privacy decision support in two ways: by informing the app about the users’ privacy preferences, which the app can then use to determine permissible requests; and by providing a safe subset of the users’ personal information to the app without user intervention, based on its predictions about the users’ disclosure preferences. The research maintains that in either case, the user should choose the level of automation.
Tomlinson, Nardi and Patterson to design UC-wide online course
Bill Tomlinson
Bonnie Nardi
Don Patterson
The UC Office of the President’s Innovative Learning Technology Initiative (ILTI) has granted professor Bill Tomlinson, professor Bonnie Nardi and associate professor Don Patterson $110,000 to design an online course to be offered across all nine undergraduate University of California campuses. According to the instructors, the course, titled “ICS 5: Global Disruption and Information Technology,” will explore “how sociotechnical systems — collections of people and information technologies — may support a transition to a sustainable civilization.” The course is to be first offered in Winter 2015 and will feature online content from faculty with backgrounds in computing, anthropology and sustainability; recorded guest lectures with world-class academics, practitioners and domain experts; and a multidisciplinary group assignment to conceive and deploy real-world projects focused on human wellbeing in California.
The course will be part of the first group of online courses to be offered across all nine undergraduate UC campuses as part of the ILTI. Established in January 2013 by then-UC President Mark G. Yudof, the ILTI “is designed to meet UC campus needs for high-quality online or hybrid course offerings. The Initiative will enhance the educational opportunities and achievements of UC students by helping them get access to high-demand courses, satisfy degree requirements and graduate on time,” according to the
ILTI website.
Khademi receives Dean’s Prize for Best Presentation at AGS Symposium
Maryam Khademi
Informatics Ph.D. student Maryam Khademi has received the Dean’s Prize for Best Presentation in Information and Computer Sciences at the first ever Associated Graduate Students (AGS) Symposium. Khademi presented her research abstract, titled “Utility of Augmented Reality in Relation to Virtual Reality in Stroke Rehabilitation,” to an audience of UCI faculty, students, industry representatives and the public.
The AGS Symposium “provides a venue for UCI to showcase outstanding graduate and professional student research to the Irvine community,” according to the AGS
website. The symposium, which took place on April 18, consisted of a day of TED-style research talks focused on how UCI students are using collaborative or innovative methods to tackle important problems in their field.
Khademi’s research interests include natural user interfaces, computer vision and gesture recognition.
Utts elected president of American Statistical Association
Jessica Utts
Jessica Utts, chair of the Department of Statistics, has been elected president of the American Statistical Association (ASA). She will serve a one-year term as president-elect starting on Jan. 1, 2015, and will become president for one year starting on Jan. 1, 2016.
“I’m excited about the opportunity to serve as president of the ASA,” Utts said in
an announcement released by the association.
“With the increasing demand for statisticians, one of my primary goals will be to educate high school and college students about the diverse and exciting career opportunities in statistics. Another goal will be to continue my career’s work to promote the importance of statistical literacy to the public.”
Utts, who has long been a highly active member of the ASA, joined UCI as a professor of statistics in 2008 and was named department chair in 2011. Before coming to ICS, Utts was a faculty member in the department of statistics at UC Davis from 1978 to 2008. She earned her doctorate in statistics from Pennsylvania State University.
Computer science undergraduates win Facebook Southern California Regional Hackathon
Olivier Truong
Lucas Ou-Yang
Kevin Jonaitis
Undergraduate team “Facebook Context,” comprising computer science majors
Olivier Truong, Lucas Ou-Yang and computer science/electrical engineering major Kevin Jonaitis, took first place at the Facebook Southern California Regional Hackathon. Held April 4-5 in Santa Monica, the hackathon challenged student teams from all over Southern California to bring a product from idea to prototype in 24 hours. Team “Facebook Context” built a feature that seamlessly adds relevant images to Facebook posts using natural language processing and a Google Chrome extension, for which they won three Google Nexus 7 tablets and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters of Facebook to compete at the Global Hackathon Final in November.
The Facebook Southern California Regional Hackathon is one of 17 regional Facebook hackathons hosted around the world, culminating in the Global Hackathon Final judged by Facebook executives. Winners of the Global Hackathon Final have been known to meet CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Pictures from the Southern California hackathon are available
here.
Lopes publishes book on programming styles
Crista Lopes
Informatics professor Crista Lopes has published a book titled Exercises in Programming Style, available in June 2014. Published by Chapman and Hall and CRC Press, the book helps readers understand the various ways of writing programs and designing systems, using a simple computational task — term frequency — to illustrate different programming styles. Written for anyone who regularly practices programming, the book is designed for use in conjunction with code provided on an online repository.
The book contains 33 different styles for writing the term-frequency task, grouped into nine categories: historical, basic, function composition, objects and object interactions, reflection and metaprogramming, adversity, data-centric, concurrency and interactivity.
Computer scientist James Noble of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, has hailed the book as “the most important book on programming in the last 20 years.” Industry veteran and IBM Fellow Grady Booch calls it “an instant classic.”
Exercises in Programming Style is available for pre-order
here.
Tsudik receives research grant from Verisign
Gene Tsudik
The network infrastructure company Verisign has awarded Chancellor’s Professor Gene Tsudik a $50,000 grant for research on privacy-enhancing techniques for the Internet’s network/transport layers, including the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) and the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) — cryptographic protocols designed to provide communication security over the Internet.
The grant is part of the Verisign infrastructure grant program, designed to support the Internet’s robust growth and development. The program fosters “new research which advances security and stability, encourages Internet deployment and improves the Internet infrastructure overall,” according to the grant program
website.
Research proposals are judged on the criteria of relevance, innovation, feasibility and overall quality.
CHI 2014 Conference honors several papers by ICS faculty and researchers
Silvia Lindtner
Paul Dourish
Garnet Hertz
Gloria Mark
Numerous ICS faculty will be honored at this year’s ACM Conference of Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), the premier international conference in the field of human-computer interaction. Hosted by ACM SIGCHI, ACM’s special-interest group on human-computer interaction, the annual conference attracts thousands of attendees each year.
A Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction (LUCI) research team including postdoctoral scholar Silvia Lindtner, professor Paul Dourish and assistant project scientist Garnet Hertz, received a Best Paper Award for “Emerging Sites of HCI Innovation: Hackerspaces, Hardware Startups & Incubators.” The paper discusses how a flourishing scene of DIY makers is turning visions of tangible and ubiquitous computing into products.
Informatics professor Gloria Mark also earned a Best Paper Award. Her paper “'Narco'” Emotions: Affect and Desensitization in Social Media during the Mexican Drug War," co-authored with Andres Monroy-Hernandes and Munmun de Choudhury, both of Microsoft Research, found that tweets can reveal the desensitized emotions of a society that is experiencing violence during a war — in this case, the Mexican drug
war.
Mark also received two Honorable Mention Awards for her papers, “Bored Mondays & Focused Afternoons: The Rhythm of Attention & Online Activity in the Workplace,” and “Stress and Multitasking in Everyday College Life: An Empirical Study of Online Activity.” “Bored Mondays & Focused Afternoons,” co-authored with Microsoft researchers Shamsi T. Iqbal, Mary P. Czerwinski and Paul R. Johns, explores engagement in workplace activities by presenting a framework of how engagement and challenge in work relate to focus, boredom and rote work. “Stress and Multitasking in Everyday College Life,” co-authored with ICS graduate student Yiran Wang and education graduate student Melissa Niiya, reports on multitasking among Millennials who grew up with digital media, with a focus on college students.
A research team comprising associate professor Gillian Hayes, assistant professor Melissa Mazmanian, graduate student Lynn Dombrowski and former postdoctoral scholar Amy Voida, received an Honorable Mention Award for their paper “Shared Values/Conflicting Logics: Working Around E-Government Systems,” which provides an analytic framework for exploring value tensions as values are enacted in practice — the result of fieldwork conducted at a social services site where the workers evaluate citizens’ applications for food and medical assistance submitted via an e-government system.
CHI 2014, held in Toronto April 26-May 1, “is a celebration of the conference's one of a kind diversity; from the broad range of backgrounds of its attendees, to the diverse spectrum of communities and fields which the conference and its research have an impact on,” according to the CHI 2014 website.
Devanny, Quang and Wood awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
William Eric Devanny
Daniel Xin Quang
Christopher Wood
Ph.D. students William Eric Devanny, Daniel Xin Quang and Christopher Wood have been awarded 2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships.
The highly selective fellowship “helps ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science and engineering in the United States and reinforces its diversity,” according to the
fellowship website. The fellowship provides multi-year support, including a $32,000 annual stipend, a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance, opportunities for international research and professional development, and access to the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) Supercomputer — a robust virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data and expertise.
Devanny is part of the Center for Algorithms and Theory of Computation, and is advised by professor David Eppstein. His research concerns universal point sets and superpatterns; he plans to explore the connection between these two structures and look for other applications of superpatterns.
Quang's research interests lie in systems biology. Advised by
associate professor Xiaohui Xie, Quang applies machine learning
techniques to integrate and analyze large sets of genomics data.
Wood’s multidisciplinary research interests are rooted in applied cryptography; computer and network security; and heterogeneous computing. He is co-advised by Chancellor’s Professor Gene Tsudik and associate professor Stanislaw Jarecki.
Gabrielova receives Palantir Scholarship for Women in Technology
Eugenia Gabrielova
ICS Ph.D. student Eugenia Gabrielova has received the Palantir Scholarship for Women in Technology. The scholarship supports women in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines by aiding them in their academic careers and providing them with opportunities to learn from other women making a difference through technological innovation. Initially established in 2012 to serve underrepresented populations in computer science, the scholarship was expanded this year to all women in the STEM disciplines who may rely on Palantir’s technology in their work, according to a recent news brief publicizing the scholarship finalists.
Gabrielova’s research interests include virtual worlds, large-scale scientific data exploration and self-managing software systems. She works under the guidance of professor Crista Lopes, and is affiliated with the Mondego Lab, which focuses on research in large systems and large data.
Palantir is a mission-focused software and services company whose data fusion platforms are used in “the most difficult problems facing the world’s most critical institutions: finding missing and exploited children, combatting terrorism, enabling hundreds of thousands of homeowners to avoid foreclosure, preventing the spread of foodborne illness,” among other issues, according to the Palantir Scholarship for Women in Technology website.
WINTER 2014
Journal features Baldi and team’s research on diet and circadian rhythm
Pierre Baldi
Chancellor's Professor Pierre Baldi was part of a team whose study was featured in the December 2013 issue of the life science journal Cell. Baldi, director of the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, played a key role in the study, collecting and analyzing highly complex genetic data.
Titled “Reprogramming of the Circadian Clock by Nutritional Challenge,” the paper reveals a surprising connection between diets and gene oscillation, finding that a high-fat diet (HFD) generates a profound reorganization of specific metabolic pathways, leading to disruption of the normal circadian cycle regulated by the liver clock.
The research also demonstrates that the nutritional challenge specifically, and not the development of obesity, causes reprogramming of the liver clock. This indicates that the reprogramming takes place independent of the state of obesity and that the effects of diet on the liver clock are reversible.
ICS research team published in RWJF report on personal health data
The report is a culmination of research that comes out of the Health Data Exploration project, a multi-campus collaboration led by the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) with support from RWJF — the nation’s largest health-focused philanthropic organization. Key findings include: high willingness of individuals to share self-tracked data for research with assured privacy; how current methods of informed consent are challenged by the use and reuse of personal health data in research; and researcher enthusiasm for personal health data tempered by concern for its validity and the lack of standardization of devices.
SPROUT team receives Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS 2014
Gene Tsudik
A team from ICS’s Security and Privacy Research Outfit (SPROUT) — including Chancellor’s Professor Gene Tsudik and former postdoctoral scholars Ivan Martinovic and Kasper B. Rasmussen, as well as a visiting graduate student Marc Roeschlin — has received a Distinguished Paper Award at the 2014 Network & Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS). The paper, “Authentication Using Pulse-Response Biometrics,” proposes and evaluates a new biometric based on the human body’s response to an electric square pulse signal. It explores how this biometric can enhance security as an additional authentication mechanism in PIN entry systems, and as a continuous authentication mechanism on a secure terminal.
NDSS “brings together innovative and forward-thinking members of the Internet community, including leading-edge security researchers and implementers, globally-recognized security-technology experts, and users from both the private and public sectors who design, develop, exploit, and deploy the technologies that define network and distributed system security,” according to the
NDSS 2014 website.
Hosted by The Internet Society, a global cause-driven organization dedicated to ensuring that the Internet stays open and transparent, NDSS 2014 took place in February in San Diego.
SPROUT, part of the
Secure Computing and Network Center,
specializes in applied cryptography, computer and network security, and privacy. Research directions and projects range from cryptographic protocols to human-focused usable security and privacy techniques.
Hayes receives Google Glass Accessibility Research Award
Gillian Hayes
Professor Gillian Hayes has received a Google Glass Accessibility Research Award for her proposal “Wearable Visual Supports for People with Autism Spectrum and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders.” Collaborators in the project include professor Don Patterson and former postdoctoral scholar Monica Tentori, now a professor at CICESE in Ensenada, Mexico.
Google will provide Hayes with five Google Glass devices and $15,000 to support the project, which seeks to establish the feasibility of using the Glass platform for visual supports to help individuals with autism and related disorders, demonstrating how to design such assistive technologies in light of substantial background research and related design efforts.
Google has previously funded Hayes with Google Faculty Research Awards in 2011 and 2012 for her work with technology and premature infants.
Smyth receives a Google Faculty Research Award
Padhraic Smyth
Professor Padhraic Smyth has received a
Google Faculty Research Award
as part of Google’s biannual open call for proposals in computer science, engineering and related fields. Smyth will receive $60,000 for his proposal, “Analyzing Individual Event Data over Time,” which will develop new statistical machine learning techniques for extracting useful information from time-stamped email histories. The project will also look more broadly at developing statistical models for other types of individual communication such as texting, microblogging and social media interactions
Google Faculty Research awards are one-year awards “structured as unrestricted gifts to universities to support the work of world-class full-time faculty members at top universities around the world,” according to the Google Research website.
Smyth is one of three recipients of the award at UCI this round, with Google also honoring two professors from the School of Education: Joshua Lawrence and Associate Dean Mark Warschauer.
Mark to participate in SXSW panel on focus in the workplace
Gloria Mark
South by Southwest (SXSW) has invited professor Gloria Mark to participate in a panel discussion at this year's Music, Film and Interactivity conference on March 8 in Austin, Texas. Titled
“Workplace Distractions: A New Focus on Focus,”
the panel will “explore the latest research to understand the importance of focus in the workplace, the cost of workplace distraction, how to stay focused in the midst of a chaotic workplace, and despite recent research to the contrary, why focus perhaps is not all it is cracked up to be,” according to the SXSW website.
Joining Mark will be Gensler workplace architect Janet Pogue and Sociometric Solutions CEO Ben Waber, with Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Silverman moderating. Mark will discuss her research using sensors to track how mood and stress is related to digital activity in the workplace.
Mehrotra and team receive DASFAA 10-year Best Paper Award
Sharad Mehrotra
Computer science professor Sharad Mehrotra has received the 10-year Best Paper Award from the International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA) for his paper titled “Efficient Execution of Aggregation Queries over Encrypted Relational Databases.” The paper, co-authored with researchers Hakan Hacigümüs and Bala Iyer, was originally published in the DASFAA 2004 proceedings.
DASFAA is an annual database conference located in the Asia-Pacific region that showcases state-of-the-art research and development activities in database systems and their applications. This award recognizes the best paper from the DASFAA proceedings 10 years prior based on the criterion that the paper has had the biggest impact—in research, products, or methodology—over the last decade. Mehrotra was also a winner of the DASFAA 10-year best paper award in 2013.
DASFAA serves as a forum for academic exchanges and technical discussions among researchers, developers and users of databases from academia, business and industry. DASFAA 2014 will be held in Bali, Indonesia, in April.
Gary and Judith Olson receive NSF grant for distributed-work study
Gary Olson
Judith Olson
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Bren Professors
Gary Olson and Judith Olson
for their project “Micro-Analytics of Collaboration in Distributed Work: What Makes Collaboration Work.”
The study is a four-phase examination of the micro-processes of collaborative document creation to identify what processes and tool features ensure a high-quality end product — and to determine what new features might contribute to more successful collaborations. Distributed work has become ubiquitous in industry as well as in the sciences, but, as the project abstract notes, current theories of collaborative work were generated when technology-supported distributed work was less common. With the help of nearly $397,000 in NSF funding, the Olsons will expand these theories to include the collaboration patterns when people use new tools and cope with the challenges of being distant.
Carey and Li receive $1.1 million in funding for AsterixDB research
Michael Carey
Chen Li
Professors Michael Carey and Chen Li have received $750,000 from the National Science Foundation and nearly $400,000 from corporations — including Google, Oracle and HTC — to continue the development of their Big Data system, AsterixDB.
Carey, Li and UCI project scientist Vinayak Borkar developed the system in collaboration with Vassilis J. Tsotras, a professor at the University of California, Riverside. AsterixDB promises to be the most versatile among platforms aimed at managing Big Data; the open source software is now available for free download at
http://asterix.ics.uci.edu.
The AsterixDB engine operates on a “shared nothing” architecture, in which each computer node is independent and self-sufficient. Its distinct advantages come by adding management of semi-structured data (data not organized in the traditional tabular form), supporting a variety of data types (e.g., spatial and temporal as well as textual and numeric data), and borrowing techniques from parallel databases that increase the speed and scale at which it can operate.
ICS grad students take second place in sbv IMPROVER competition
Peter Sadowski
Michael Zeller
Peter Sadowski and Michael Zeller, both Ph.D. students with the Department of Computer Science, earned a second-place finish in an international data-mining competition. The honor was given by sbv IMPROVER, a collaborative project designed to enable scientists to learn about and contribute to the development of a new crowdsourcing method for verification of scientific data and results.
Sadowski and Zeller, students in professor Pierre Baldi’s group and researchers at the Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, developed a pipeline for translating protein phosphorylation status from rat primary lung cells to human primary lung cells after subjecting cells to various stimuli consisting of known drugs and chemicals. Their pipeline consisted of two parts: an artificial neural network; and a statistical analysis that aggregated evidence from the replicated measurements. They placed second out of 13 teams and were awarded travel-cost reimbursement to the 2013 sbv IMPROVER Symposium in Athens, Greece, where they presented their findings.
Judith and Gary Olson release new book on distributed collaborations
Judith Olson
Gary Olson
Professors Judith Olson and Gary Olson have
published a new book,
titled Working Together Apart: Collaboration over the Internet. Published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers, the Olsons’ new offering reviews the latest insights into how teams work together when they are not in the same location.
Guided by a framework they developed during two decades of research on this topic, the professors organize a series of factors they have found to differentiate between successful and unsuccessful distributed collaborations. They then review the kinds of technology options that are available today, focusing more on types of technologies rather than specific instances. They describe a database of geographically distributed projects they have studied and introduce the Collaboration Success Wizard, an online tool for assessing past, present, or planned distributed collaborations. The book closes with a set of recommendations for individuals, managers, and those higher in the organizations who wish to support distance work.
FALL 2013
ACCESS features Regan’s article on vehicular communication networks
Amelia Regan
In the latest issue of
ACCESS Magazine, professor Amelia Regan explores the implications of vehicular communication networks. Such systems allow vehicles to sense not only traffic patterns, but also dangers outside a driver’s line of sight. These abilities improve driving efficiency and safety and are the first steps towards an automated driving network. But what happens if the communication network fails? Or worse, is hacked into?
Regan’s article, “Vehicular ad hoc Networks: Storms on the Horizon,” describes the advantages and challenges these networks present. While the latest technology turns both cars and even pedestrians into nodes on the network, issues of security, privacy and liability continue to be major barriers to broad implementation.
ACCESS Magazine highlights research funded by the University of California Transportation Center, presenting academic work to policymakers, practitioners and the public.
Lindtner and Hertz get NSF grant to research maker movement
Silvia Lindtner
Garnet Hertz
Two members of the Department of Informatics have received a National Science Foundation grant for
their inquiry
into how the maker movement is changing material culture, production and creativity. Postdoctoral scholar Silvia Lindtner and assistant project scientist Garnet Hertz have been awarded $500,000 for their work studying makerspaces in China, New York City and San Francisco.
Their project uses ethnographic investigation to examine how DIY (Do-It-Yourself) making as a practice, and makerspaces as physical sites, contribute to the development of technical, economic and social innovation.
Bowker and team receive EarthCube award from NSF
Geoffrey Bowker
Professor Geoffrey C. Bowker is part of a team that has earned a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s EarthCube awards program. A partnership between the NSF’s Directorate for Geosciences and Office of Cyberinfrastructure, EarthCube awards seek “to greatly increase the productivity and capability of researchers and educators working at the frontiers of Earth system science,” according to the NSF website.
The grant awarded to Bowker’s team was given under EarthCube’s Building Blocks category. Titled “A Broker Framework for Next Generation Geoscience,” the project, sponsored by the University of Colorado, Boulder, brings together an accomplished team of geoscientists, social scientists, cyberinfrastructure experts and educators to explore how expert systems can improve access between scientific fields.
Such interdisciplinary initiatives and academic community building have long been a focus of Bowker’s work. As scientific director of the EVOKE Lab at UCI, he brings together a community of scholars, makers and designers that builds new technology and digital experiences with social concerns as the starting point.
Bannister Wins Best Presentation Award
Michael Bannister
Michael Bannister, a computer science Ph.D. candidate associated with the Center for Algorithms and Theory of Computing, has won the best presentation award at the
21st International Symposium on Graph Drawing,
held Sept. 23-25 in Bordeaux, France. The award, which was offered for the first time, was determined by the votes of conference participants.
The presentation for which Bannister won the award, “Superpatterns and Universal Point Sets,” concerned his research with fellow graduate students
Zhanpeng Cheng and Will Devanny, as well as Professor David Eppstein, about new connections between information visualization and the mathematics of permutation patterns.
Tsudik to co-chair seminar, keynote two conferences
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor’s Professor Gene Tsudik opens the fall 2013 quarter by playing key roles in three international events. From Oct. 6-9, he will be co-chairing a Dagstuhl Seminar
on the compelling and timely topic of Genomic Privacy. Held at Germany’s Schloss Dagstuhl, these seminars are a well-known venue in computer science for bringing to light cutting-edge issues and emerging topics — and require submitting a comprehensive proposal for competitive selection.
Professor André van der Hoek, chair of the Department of Informatics and head of the
Software Design and Collaboration Laboratory
at UCI, has co-edited a new book released Sept. 10.
Software Designers in Action: A Human-Centric Look at Design Work,
part of the Chapman & Hall/CRC Innovations in Software Engineering and Software Development Series, takes a look at how developers design their software. Co-edited by
Marian Petre,
the book features an interdisciplinary selection of writings that provide a comprehensive exploration of early software design, as well as an examination of how human interaction influences software design.
Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements.
Awards, grants and other honors can be sent to communications@ics.uci.edu to be considered for publication.
SUMMER 2012
El Zarki receives Fulbright fellowship
Magda El Zarki
Professor of computer science Magda El Zarki has received a nine-month Fulbright-Nehru Teaching/Research Fellowship to pursue her research on networked games and virtual worlds at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
With the advent of online gaming and the tremendous success of this new application area, El Zarki’s research thrust has shifted to studying the networking requirements of online game technologies, in particular Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments (MMVEs). With the anticipated growth in this application area, more and more stress is being placed on the underlying transport system to provide the kind of quality of experience (QoE) that these applications and their users expect. The quality of an end user’s experience is the true litmus test of a proper online game deployment. El Zarki’s Fulbright research project, “Networked Games and Virtual Worlds,” will further explore how understanding both the application and network facilities for QoE can ensure the highest quality user experience.
El Zarki is director of the Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds and heads the computer game science degree program at UC Irvine. She is an editor for several journals in the telecommunications field and is actively involved in many international conferences.
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Newman receives $120K from NSF
David Newman
Associate research scientist David Newman has been awarded a $120,000
grant by the National Science Foundation to develop topic models to
help better understand and manage research conducted in NSF's Chemical,
Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division (CBET).
The CBET Division supports research and education in the rapidly
evolving fields of bioengineering and environmental engineering.
“Managing a portfolio of research projects is a complex business,” says
Newman. “We will develop topic models that accurately characterize
CBET-funded research — as described by the investigators. These
topic models will help program managers better understand the unique
role of CBET programs, and be in a better position to set research
strategy.”
Franz wins a U.S. Patent on software diversity and over $900,000 in new grant funding to investigate software diversity
Michael Franz
Professor Michael Franz and two of his former Ph.D. students were just awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent Office for a fundamental invention in the field of software security. The patent, on which Prof. Franz is the first named inventor and which is assigned to the Regents of the University of California, protects the idea of using program diversity in conjunction with parallel programming to protect a computer against malicious hacker attacks.
Like many major inventions, the idea is quite simple at the core: instead of generating a single binary from a source program, a special compiler generates several slightly different program versions that implement the program's functionality in subtly different ways. These different versions are then executed in lockstep on a multicore processor.
The key idea is to generate the versions in such a way that all "in specification" behavior is identical across the versions, but "out of specification" behavior differs significantly. As a result, the versions will execute in lockstep as long as the program is behaving
as designed, but will typically diverge as soon as an attacker exploits a programming bug, causing "out of specification" behavior. This can be detected almost in real time.
In addition to this U.S. Patent, Prof. Franz won over $900,000 in additional funding for his work on software diversity in the past month. First, he won an additional year of funding from DARPA for his project "Defending Mobile Apps Through Automated Software Diversity." The existing project, on which Dr. Franz is the sole PI, has been extended through February 2015 along with an additional award of $467,442, bringing the total to $1,847,602. Second, he received a
further award of $456,809 from the Navy on a subcontract from Johns Hopkins University for his project "Meta-Circular Software Diversity for Intrusion Tolerant Clouds."
Newman awarded $300K from NSF
David Newman
Associate Research Scientist David Newman has been awarded a $600,000 grant by the National Science Foundation, with funds split equally with co-Investigator Meg Blume-Kohout, an Economist at University of New Mexico.
Newman and Blume-Kohout's interdisciplinary research will combine machine learning and econometrics to create models that assess effectiveness and efficiency of biomedical funding, focusing on the National Institutes of Health.
"In this current age of scarcity, two things are required: fiscal restraint, and an accurate assessment of research effectiveness and efficiency" says Newman. "Matching publications and grant funding levels by machine learned topics will allow us to evaluate the contribution of publicly-funded research to the body of published research. Our models will be able to measure whether changes in funding for a topic affect the quality and quantity of publications on that topic."
ICML 2012 best paper award goes to Welling and students
Sungjin Ahn
Anoop Korattikara
Max Welling
Co-authored by Ph.D. students Sungjin Ahn and Anoop Korattikara, and computer science professor Max Welling,
“Bayesian Posterior Sampling via Stochastic Gradient Fisher Scoring”
won the best paper award at the 29th International Conference on Machine Learning
(ICML 2012)
held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is a technique that allows one to draw representative samples from almost any probability distribution. According to the paper, while the MCMC technology has revolutionized the usefulness of Bayesian statistics over the last few decades, it has not been able to scale well to today’s very large data problems. The authors’ new method borrows ideas from Stochastic Approximation Theory to improve the efficiency of MCMC samplers and make them relevant to big data challenges.
Ahn and Korattikara on June 27 presented the paper in an ICML 2012 plenary session.
SPRING 2012
ACM publication features open virtual 3-D world developed by Baldi, Lopes
Pierre Baldi
Crista Lopes
“The Universal Campus: An open virtual 3-D world infrastructure for research and education,” written by Chancellor’s Professor Pierre Baldi and Associate Professor Crista Lopes, was featured in the April issue of eLearn Magazine, an Association for Computing Machinery publication. According to the paper: “One should not discount the power of technology to provide increasingly realistic, almost haptic, interactions in real time, or the additional creative inspiration that could emerge for users by simply being immersed in a completely novel and unusual environment.”
Developed by Baldi and Lopes, the Universal Campus allows users in academia and research settings to interact and collaborate in a 3-D virtual world that includes multiple buildings with fully furnished laboratories, classrooms, meeting rooms and lecture halls. Deployed using
Second Life and OpenSimulator, the Universal Campus can host multiple scale gatherings, from lab meetings to classes, lectures, symposia and conferences. Its infrastructure provides a default set of 12 avatars that are freely customizable by users. A local chat feature allows avatars to converse with other avatars within the same virtual room, while a voice conference feature allows avatars to speak with multiple other avatars simultaneously.
All the content and source code of the Universal Campus is downloadable under Creative Commons or similar licenses. The Universal Campus provides a complete open access and open source infrastructure that can be replicated and used for a variety of research or educational purposes.
Bren School hosts annual AP Stats project competition
Dozens of students from five high schools in
Orange, Los Angeles and Riverside counties presented their work May 19 in
Donald Bren Hall as part of the 7th Annual AP Statistics Project
Competition of the American Statistical Association’s Southern California
chapter. Sponsored by the Bren School Department of Statistics and the City of Hope
National Medical Center, the event featured 28 poster presentations by student
teams and a breakout session for instructors on teaching AP Statistics. Judges came from academia — including Bren School professors and
graduate students — as well as business and industry. Click here for competition
results and photos from the event.
Faculty, alumnus win SIGMOD Test-of-Time Award
Sharad Mehrotra
Chen Li
The 2012 ACM SIGMOD Test-of-Time Award, given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Management of Data to recognize the most impactful paper from a decade prior, was presented in May to Hakan Hacigumus (M.S. '02, Ph.D. '04), IBM collaborator Bala Iyer, and Bren School faculty Sharad Mehrotra and Chen Li for “Executing SQL over Encrypted Data in the Database-Service-Provider Model.”
According to the award citation:
This paper from the SIGMOD 2002 Conference remarkably anticipated the world of “Database as Service” which did come about and continues to grow in importance. To get a sense of how visionary the work was, consider that this paper was published in June 2002 (and thus accepted in Jan 2002), even a couple of months before Amazon EC2 and S3 services were launched (of course, Amazon RDS and SQL Azure came much later). The core of the paper focuses on the challenges of how to leverage cloud services while keeping some of the information (at the discretion of the enterprise/user) hidden from the service provider. Beyond the specific algorithmic details, the key contribution is the framework: (i) introduction of a mapping function, and (ii) query splitting logic to ensure how the work can be distributed across cloud and client when some information is encrypted. Is this framework used by enterprises today? As best as we can tell, the answer is perhaps no. But, is the framework interesting and has real possibilities of adoption and further impact and more follow-on by research community? Absolutely. In summary, this paper is one of the early papers to foresee the world of Database as Service (before any one of us were working on that problem). The specific technical focus was dealt with reasonable depth. The impact of the technical focus has not yet been seen by the industry but this paper has the possibility of inspiring much more follow-on work/thinking (beyond 140+ citations it already has in ACM DL).
UCI team earns prize for best educational game at intercollegiate showcase
The top two finishers in the latest
Game Jam
“build a video game in a week” Tournament at UCI were recognized at the first-ever IEEE GameSig
Intercollegiate Computer Game Showcase,
held April 28 at Chapman University.
Q-Bitz
won the MIND Research Institute Prize for Best Educational Game, while
Massteroid
received honorable mention. A third UCI team — the creators of
Godfighter — also competed in the final round, along with seven others from Chapman, Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Bernardino and Westwood College. “I hope [the showcase] means we can groom the local talent pool so the next Blizzard can exist here in Orange County,” Brian Fargo, CEO of InXile Entertainment, told the Orange County Register.
Doctoral student receives award from Yahoo! Labs Key Scientific Challenges Program
Raman Grover
Computer science Ph.D. student Raman Grover has been awarded $5,000 in unrestricted research seed funding from the Yahoo! Labs Key Scientific Challenges (KSC) Program. The program supports a limited number of outstanding Ph.D. students who are conducting research in scientifically challenging areas, including web information management, machine learning and search experiences.
Grover, whose research interests include large scale data-intensive computing, databases, parallel processing and data feeds, was one of 30 researchers selected from a pool of 208 proposals. Along with the funds, the program’s award benefits include exclusive access to select Yahoo Datasets, opportunities to collaborate with Yahoo’s industry-leading scientists, and an invitation to the upcoming KSC Graduate Student Summit, where recipients join top minds in academia and industry to present work, discuss research trends and jointly develop revolutionary approaches to fundamental problems.
Grover’s research projects include ASTERIX, which focuses on developing new technologies for ingesting, storing, managing, indexing, querying, analyzing and subscribing to vast quantities of semi-structured information; and Hyracks, a new partitioned-parallel software platform designed to run data-intensive computations on large shared-nothing clusters of computers. Grover is advised by Bren Professor Michael Carey and is a member of the Information Systems Group at UCI.
Olson delivers 2012 Athena Lecture
Judy Olson
As the 2011-12 Athena Lecturer, Bren Professor Judy Olson presented “Broader Impacts: Research You Can Use” at the Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.
According to Olson’s abstract:
A number of threads of thought have come together recently having to do with how we make our research useable and useful to the world. One thread is inspired by a movement in medicine called Clinical Translational Science in which funding is given to researchers to translate basic research into guidelines, treatments, and regimens that clinicians can use. A second thread arose in reflecting about our own recent work in which we translated a theory about what makes for good distance collaboration into an online assessment tool and administered it to hundreds of people involved in remote collaboration. Upon completion of the assessment, each participant immediately gets a personalized report on the strengths of their collaboration, the challenges, and what to do about it. We get the data, and they get the help. These two threads point to making a difference, having broader impact. In this talk I will review some ways we can have an impact, both directly to people, through design practice (our clinicians), and via a myriad of other tools while doing good research. I encourage us all to spend more energy on having more direct effects on the world in which we live.
A video of her lecture and other background materials are available through the ACM Digital Library.
WINTER 2012
Nardi serves as ICIC 2012 program co-chair
Bonnie Nardi
Informatics professor Bonnie Nardi is the program co-chair for the 4th ACM International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC 2012), which takes place March 21-23 in Bangalore, India.
The main theme of this year’s conference is intercultural collaboration, from both technical and socio-cultural perspectives. Topics include collaboration support (e.g., natural language processing, Web and Internet technologies), social psychological analyses of intercultural interaction, and case studies from activists working to increase mutual understanding in a multicultural world.
Nardi's research interests include theory in human-computer interaction and computer-supported collaborative work and studies of social life on the Internet.
iGraVi lab highlighted in IEEE, ACM conferences
Gopi Meenakshisundaram
Aditi Majumder
Two Bren School computer science associate professors served as general chairs for recently held IEEE and ACM conferences sponsored by UC Irvine and co-located in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Aditi Majumder co-chaired IEEE Virtual Reality 2012 (VR 2012), the top international conference and exhibition involving the fields of virtual environments, augmented reality and 3D user interfaces, while Gopi Meenakshisundaram co-chaired the ACM Interactive 3D Graphics and Games 2012 (i3D 2012), a leading conference for interactive realistic rendering, hardware acceleration, animation, and geometry processing.
As part of the conferences, Majumder and Meenakshisundaram hosted open houses to showcase 10 research projects conducted by members of the Interactive Graphics and Visualization (iGraVi) lab at UCI. Click here for photos taken at the March 6 open house.
Led by the two professors, the iGraVi lab features expertise in various areas of graphics and visualization including interactive rendering systems, optical systems for future cameras and displays, geometric processing for rendering, user interfaces and applications, and building multi-projector display environments for visualization, simulation and training. The lab includes 10 graduate students and many undergraduates.
iGraVi is supported by funding from NSF and equipment donations from nVidia, Epson and Canon. Collaborators include faculty within the UCI campus, such as stem cell researchers in the School of Medicine, as well as colleagues in other parts of the country, such as Purdue University and MIT, and the world, including researchers in Switzerland and Brazil.
Kobsa receives $80K from Samsung
Alfred Kobsa
Informatics professor Alfred Kobsa received a gift in the amount of
$80,000 from Samsung Information Systems America. The gift will support
his research in the area of user privacy preferences and international
privacy legislation in cloud services. A recent gift from Ericsson Research also supports his work in this area.
FALL 2011
UCI team receives ‘Energy to Educate’ grant
Bill Tomlinson
Informatics associate professor Bill Tomlinson and his group, in collaboration with assistant professor of education Rebecca Black, received a $50,000 grant from Constellation Energy in support of their work on the “Causality Project.”
Through a novel online system currently in the works, the Causality Project collects information about the cause-and-effect relationships across a wide range of topics, to help people understand how everyday decisions can affect the environment.
“By illustrating chains of causality, which can often be indirect and complex, we hope to encourage people to recognize the ripples they make, big or small,” Tomlinson says. “For example, people may not think about where their power comes from or the effects brought about by the generation, distribution and use of that power. The Causality Project aims to address this type of disconnect.”
Constellation Energy awarded 14 E(2) Energy to Educate
grants
in 2011 to support hands-on projects that enhance student understanding of the science and technology needed to address energy issues. Tomlinson’s grant will enable the team to launch a contest next year among UC Irvine undergraduate students to contribute to the Causality Project and create online videos about indirect causal chains related to energy issues in their own lives. Participants will work in interdisciplinary teams to learn about energy technologies, the environmental impacts of various energy systems, and how these systems relate to their world. Students will then use this new knowledge to create an online repository of causal linkages among energy issues and other topics of global importance.
Four faculty recognized by ACM
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, has announced that four faculty members from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine have been selected for the following honors:
ACM FELLOW
Computer science professor David Eppstein has been named a 2011 ACM Fellow for his achievements in graph algorithms and computational geometry. Established in 1993, the ACM Fellows Program recognizes and celebrates the exceptional contributions of leaders in the computing field. According to ACM President Alain Chesnais, this year’s fellows are “some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in computer science and engineering… These international luminaries are responsible for solutions that are transforming our society for the better.” Eppstein's research areas include algorithms and complexity, and computer graphics and visualization.
ACM DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS
The ACM Distinguished Member Recognition Program recognizes ACM members with at least 15 years of professional experience and five years of continuous professional membership who have achieved significant accomplishments or have made a significant impact on the computing field.
Named a 2011 ACM Distinguished Scientist, informatics associate professor Cristina Lopes is one of the co-inventors of aspect-oriented programming and one of the original designers of the AspectJ programming language. She is also a core developer and one of the main architects of OpenSimulator, a platform for massive online 3D virtual environments.
Named a 2011 ACM Distinguished Scientist, Informatics professor David Redmiles is the author of more than 100 research publications integrating the areas of software engineering, human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work. His research focuses on the processes and technologies needed to develop and support useful and usable interactive software.
Named a 2011 ACM Distinguished Educator, computer science senior lecturer Richard Pattis is the author of the Karel programming language and published Karel the Robot, an introductory computer science textbook used in high schools and colleges for nearly 30 years. He serves as the computer science vice chair for undergraduate studies at the Bren School.
Baldi named IEEE Fellow
Pierre Baldi
Pierre Baldi, Chancellor’s Professor in the department of computer science and director of the
Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics,
has been named an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to machine learning and its applications in the life sciences.
Current projects in his laboratory include mining high-throughput genomic data and developing expert systems for chemistry and systems biology, to better understand the computations carried by metabolic, signaling and gene regulatory networks, and identify new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Baldi also is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity and publishes 30 percent of the world’s literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields. IEEE Fellow is the highest grade of membership; the total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the total voting membership. IEEE boasts 385,000 members in 160 countries. This year, 312 individuals were elevated to IEEE Fellow.
Tsudik reappointed editor-in-chief of ACM TISSEC
Gene Tsudik
The Association for Computing Machinery Publications Board has unanimously approved
Gene Tsudik's
reappointment for a second three-year term as editor-in-chief of the
ACM Transactions on Information and System Security (TISSEC), a top scholarly, scientific journal covering all aspects of computer/network/information security and privacy. Tsudik's new term ends on Dec. 31, 2014.
Tsudik’s research interests include computer/network security and applied cryptography. He serves as director of UCI’s Secure Computing and Networking Center and as director of the networked systems graduate program.
NSF awards $500K to Franz
Michael Franz
Computer science professor Michael Franz, as sole PI, has been awarded a three-year $500,000 grant by the National Science Foundation to create better virtual machines (VMs).
A virtual machine is an “ideal computer” built out of software. “Most people use multiple VMs every day,” Franz explains. “For example, web applications such as Gmail or Google Maps run on a JavaScript VM inside of your web browser, animations run on Adobe’s Flash VM, and, if you are using an Android mobile phone, most of the apps on that phone run on a VM called Dalvik. Running software on virtual machines rather than directly on hardware creates cross-platform portability and provides some insulation against malicious or faulty programs.”
Franz’s research project aims to simplify the development of virtual machines and improve their architecture, especially when used on mobile devices. The project has garnered additional support from Samsung, which awarded a supplemental $350,000 to Franz this spring.
Franz continues: “It doesn’t make sense to have three separate VMs (JavaScript, Flash and Dalvik) on a cell phone, where space is at a premium, when these VMs are actually quite similar to each other under the hood and have lots of overlapping functionality.” Franz’s research aims to create a modular VM that can support multiple languages while using only a fraction of the space. Rather than compete for processor resources and memory, the modules of the VM supporting the various languages would collaborate with each other.
Franz leads the Secure Systems and Languages Laboratory at UC Irvine, one of the top research teams on dynamic compilation, virtual machines and language-based computer security. In collaboration with the Mozilla foundation, he transitioned the JavaScript compilation technology invented in his lab into the Firefox browser, where it is used every day by hundreds of millions of people.
Baldi, Tsudik and team present at CSS 2011
Pierre Baldi
Gene Tsudik
A paper on efficient handling of fully-sequenced human genomes — co-authored by computer science professors
Pierre Baldi and Gene Tsudik, recent alumnus Emiliano De Cristofaro (Ph.D. ’11), postdoctoral researcher Paolo Gasti, and Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics researcher Roberta Baronio — will be presented at the 18th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in Chicago. Titled “Countering GATTACA: Efficient and Secure Testing of Fully-Sequenced Human Genomes,” this paper addresses the issue of privacy in the emerging field of digital genome sequencing and already has been featured on the
MIT Technology Review
home page and as a feature article in the journal
NewScientist.
The authors have devised methods for implementing privacy-preserving operations over digital genome sequences. These genome sequences could be stored by users on their computers or smartphones and queried in secure and private ways in several applications, ranging from medical, to authentication, to social interactions. This work is supported in part by a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Padhraic Smyth awarded $2.9M by Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Padhraic Smyth
Padhraic Smyth, professor of computer science and director of the Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems at UC Irvine, has been awarded two grants worth $2.9 million by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
(IARPA),
a center housed within the
Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
for research on statistical text mining.
The first project — with co-investigators David Newman, assistant researcher in computer science at UCI, and Mark Steyvers, professor of cognitive sciences at UCI —will focus on developing new statistical topic modeling algorithms to help users automatically search and understand large amounts of unstructured text. Funded by a $1.3 million IARPA award over four years, the project is a collaborative effort with Cornell University, the University of Maryland, UC Santa Barbara, the University of Massgachusetts Amherst and Purdue University.
Supported by a $1.6 million five-year award from IARPA, the second project focuses on developing models and algorithms for automatically detecting and quantifying trends and changes in scientific literature. In a recent
news release,
IARPA announced that the Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition (FUSE) Program seeks to produce a new capability to accelerate the process of identifying and prioritizing emerging technologies across the globe. Smyth and co-investigator Newman will develop algorithms that can detect statistically significant changes in language usage and citation patterns to measure how scientific disciplines are evolving over time. FUSE will be carried out in collaboration with researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois.
Both projects will build on research by Smyth, Newman, Steyvers and their students, who for the past few years have been developing statistical models and algorithms for automatically extracting information from text. These techniques have broad applications in such areas as Web search, digital libraries and biomedical text mining.
Jarecki, Tsudik receive $750,000 IARPA grant
Stanislaw Jarecki
Gene Tsudik
Stanislaw Jarecki and Gene Tsudik have been awarded a $750,000 three-year grant as part of a subcontract from IBM Research, by the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). The research project is titled “ESPADA: Efficient Security and Privacy Assurance for Database Access.” The goal of ESPADA is to efficiently and securely support a wide range of database queries between mutually mistrustful parties, while minimizing the amount of information learned by either party.
Utts receives NISS Distinguished Service Award
Jessica Utts
Statistics professor Jessica Utts received a 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the
National Institute of Statistical Sciences
in recognition of her multiple terms on the NISS board of trustees and the executive committee, and for serving as chair of the
awards committee. The NISS Distinguished Service Awards were established in 2005 to recognize individuals who have given
extraordinary service that significantly advances NISS and its mission. Utts joined the NISS board in 1997, served as vice chair
from 2008-11, and is now one of its longest-serving members.
The $400,000 award will allow the informatics professor to continue her work on “Inclusive and Evidence-Based Technologies for Child and Youth Development.”
UCI Emergency Services Manager Anne Widney collaborates with Hadar Ziv’s capstone project class to expand the successful, cost-effective ZOTFinder app to Android users.
Computer Science Professor Sharad Mehrotra receives $725,000 in NSF funding to head research projects in big data and disaster response cyber physical systems.
ICS hosts innovative Code.org professional development workshops during the summer in an effort to help facilitate more robust computer science instruction in K-12 schools.
With grants from Google and NCWIT, ICS women's group facilitated computer science workshops for 30 young women from Westminster’s La Quinta High School.
As CEO of EYEMAGINE, alumnus Andy Etemadi continues to utilize what he learned as an ICS student in the ’90s to remain at the forefront of the e-commerce industry.
The grant will directly support 60 undergrad and grad CSULA students in visiting UCI, and indirectly support another 120 students who will participate in the program. more
The third annual competition expands collaboration while continuing to facilitate the discussion about technological interventions to aid those affected by autism.
K. Braden, S. Crane, L. Davi, M. Franz, P. Larsen, Ch. Liebchen, and AR Sadeghi.
Leakage-Resilient Layout Randomization for Mobile Devices
To appear at 23rd Annual Network & Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2016.
pdf.
P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, L. Davi, AR Sadeghi, and M. Franz.
Automatic Software Diversity.
Synthesis Lectures on Information Security, Privacy, and Trust.
Morgan & Claypool, December 2015.
10.2200/S00686ED1V01Y201512SPT014.
S. Crane, S. Volckaert, F. Schuster, Ch. Liebchen, P. Larsen, L. Davi, AR Sadeghi, T. Holz, B. De Sutter, and M. Franz.
It's a TRAP: Table Randomization and Protection against Function-Reuse Attacks
In 22nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2015, (CCS'15).
pdf.
M. Conti, S. Crane, L. Davi, M. Franz, P. Larsen, C. Liebchen, M. Negro, M. Qunaibit, AR Sadeghi.
Losing Control: On the Effectiveness of Control-Flow Integrity under Stack Attacks
In 22nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, 2015, (CCS'15).
pdf.
G. Savrun-Yeniceri, M. L. Van de Vanter, P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, and M. Franz.
Efficient and Generic Event-based Profiler Framework for Dynamic Languages
In International Conference on Principles and Practices of Programming on the Java platform: Virtual machines, Languages, and Tools, 2015, (PPPJ'15).
10.1145/2807426.2807435.
C. Stancu, Ch. Wimmer, S. Brunthaler, P. Larsen, and M. Franz.
Safe and Efficient Hybrid Memory Management for Java
In 2015 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on Memory Management, 2015, (ISMM'15).
2754169.2754185.
S. Crane, Ch. Liebchen, A. Homescu, L. Davi, P. Larsen, AR Sadeghi, S. Brunthaler, and M. Franz.
Readactor: Practical Code Randomization Resilient to Memory Disclosure
A. Homescu, S. Brunthaler, P. Larsen, and M. Franz.
librando: Transparent Code Randomization for Just-in-Time Compilers.
In Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, Berlin, Germany, 2013 (CCS'13). 10.1145/2508859.2516675
S. Crane, P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, and M. Franz.
Booby Trapping Software.
In Proceedings of the 2013 New Security Paradigms Workshop, Banff, Canada, 2013 (NSPW'13). 10.1145/2535813.2535824
G. Savrun-Yeniceri, W. Zhang, H. Zhang, C. Li, S. Brunthaler, Per Larsen, and M. Franz.
Efficient Interpreter Optimizations for the JVM.
In Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Principles and Practices of Programming on the Java Platform, Stuttgart, Germany, 2013 (PPPJ'13).
10.1145/2500828.2500839.
C. Kerschbaumer, E. Hennigan, P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, and M. Franz.
Towards Precise and Efficient Information Flow Control in Web Browsers.
In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Trust & Trustworthy Computing, London, United Kingdom, 2013 (TRUST'13).
10.1007/978-3-642-38908-5_12.
E. Hennigan, C. Kerschbaumer, S. Brunthaler, P. Larsen, and M. Franz.
First-Class Labels: Using Information Flow to Debug Security Holes.
In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Trust & Trustworthy Computing, London, United Kingdom, 2013 (TRUST'13).
10.1007/978-3-642-38908-5_12.
A. Homescu, S. Neisius, P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, and Michael Franz.
Profile-guided Automated Software Diversity.
In Proceedings of the 2013 International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization, Shenzhen, China, 2013 (CGO'13).
10.1109/CGO.2013.6494997.
P. Larsen, R. Ladelsky, J. Lidman, S. A. McKee, S. Karlsson and A. Zaks.
Parallelizing More Loops with Compiler Guided Refactoring.
In Proceedings of the 41th International Conference on Parallel Processing, Pittsburg, PA, September 10-13, 2012 (ICPP'12).
10.1109/ICPP.2012.48.
N. Jensen, P. Larsen, R. Ladelsky, A. Zaks, and S. Karlsson
Guiding Programmers to Higher Memory Performance.
In Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on Programmability Issues for Multi-Core Computers, Paris, France, January 23rd, 2012 (MULTIPROG'12).
pdf.
T. Jackson, A. Homescu, S. Crane, P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, and M. Franz
Diversifying the Software Stack using Randomized NOP Insertion.
In Jajodia, Sushil and Ghosh, Anup K. and Subrahmanian, V.S. and Swarup, Vipin and Wang, Cliff and Wang, X. Sean (Eds.) Moving Target Defense II: Applications of Game Theory and Adversarial Modeling, Springer Advances in Information Security, Vol. 100, ISBN 978-1-4614-5415-1, pp. 151-174, 2013.
10.1007/978-1-4614-5416-8_8.
A. Homescu, S. Neisius, P. Larsen, S. Brunthaler, and Michael Franz.
Microgadgets: Size Does Matter in Turing-Complete Return Oriented Programming.
In In Proceedings of the 6th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies, Bellevue, WA, USA, 2012 (WOOT'12). pdf.
C. Wimmer, S. Brunthaler, P. Larsen, and Michael Franz.
Fine-Grained Modularity and Reuse of Virtual Machine Components.
In Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, Potsdam, Germany, 2012 (AOSD'12). 10.1145/2162049.2162073.
P. Larsen, S. Karlsson, and Jan Madsen.
Expressing Coarse-Grain Dependencies Among Tasks in Shared Memory Programs.
Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 7, Issue 4. 2011. 10.1109/TII.2011.2166769..
P. Larsen.
Feedback Driven Annotation and Refactoring of Parallel Programs.
PhD. thesis. Series: IMM-PHD-2011. August 2011. pdf.
P. Larsen, Razya Ladelsky, Sven Karlsson, and Ayal Zaks.
Compiler Driven Code Comments and Refactoring.
In Proceedings of the 4th Workshop on Programmability Issues for Multi-Core Computers, Heraklion, Crete, 2011 (MULTIPROG'11).
Awarded Best Paper.pdf.
P. Larsen, Sven Karlsson, and Jan Madsen.
Expressing Inter-task Dependencies between Parallel Stencil Operations.
In Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Programmability Issues for Multi-Core Computers, Pisa Italy, 2010 (MULTIPROG'10).
pdf.
P. Larsen, Sven Karlsson, and Jan Madsen.
Identifying Inter-task Communication in Shared Memory Programming Models.
In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on OpenMP, Dresden, Germany, 2009 (IWOMP'09). 10.1007/978-3-642-02303-3
Work Experience
University of California, Irvine
Postdoctoral Scholar
2011-Present
I perform the day to day activities necessary to run the research lab and advice an average of 10 graduate students in cooperation with another post-doc and the professor. The most important task is the generation of cool, new research ideas. Other activities include grant proposal writing, attending conferences and performing independent research within the areas of compilation, optimization and cyber-security.
IBM Haifa Research Labs
Summer Intern
July 2010-October 2010
Worked as a part of the compiler team at the IBM Haifa Research labs. The internship was hosted by Ayal Zaks. Focus was on compiler driven suggestions for source code improvements. Such improvements allow auto-parallelization, auto-vectorization and locality enhancing transformations to succeed.
IHPostal A/S
Lead Software Engineer
2004-2005
Lead the planning and subsequent development of a major new revenue protection system for the Norwegian Postal Services. A later version of the system was also adopted by the Danish Postal Services. It is used in production today as the primary means of collecting fees for missing postage on business and private letters of parcels in both Norway and Denmark.
Corena Denmark
Software Engineer
2004-2005
Partook in the design and prototyping of an innovative information delivery system to be used in the cockpits of commercial airline companies as a replacement of prior paper-based solutions.
Aston Business Solutions (Mobilized Workforce from '02)
Software Engineer
2000-2004
Participated in the development of a web-based administration systems for a large and well known Danish pension fund, ATP. Solely designed and implemented an electronic self-service system for delivery of take-off data to regional and European airlines with Scandinavian Airline Services as the client.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science, 2007-2011
Technical University of Denmark - Lyngby, Denmark
My thesis is about communicating programmer insights about software being developed to the compiler. This leads to better use of compiler optimizations, particularly loop parallelization and vectorization. It also exposes areas for improvement to compiler developers.
Master of Science in Engineering Informatics, 1999-2005
Technical University of Denmark - Lyngby, Denmark
The thesis was co-authored by Dr. Peter Verner Bojsen Sørensen with Professor Jan Madsen as the advisor. We implemented, optimized, and tested a system modeling hardware design language–Gezel–on the Microsoft .NET platform.
Per Larsen — perl at uci dot edu — University of California, Irvine — 2011-2014
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Bren School faculty, students and research initiatives are some of the most well regarded successes on the UC Irvine campus. We are pleased to announce the following noteworthy achievements.
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SUMMER 2015
Franz amasses $3.9 million in research funding
Michael Franz
This year alone, Computer Science Professor Michael Franz has accumulated over $3.9 million in research funding from prestigious organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Qualcomm, Oracle and Mozilla. This follows his trend of more than $1 million per year on average in research expenditures.
Franz currently runs two projects funded by DARPA’s Cyber Fault-Tolerant Attack Recovery (CFAR) Program, for which he received nearly $2 million and roughly $700,000 in May, respectively. The CFAR Program aims to “produce revolutionary breakthroughs in defensive cyber techniques that can be deployed to protect existing and planned software systems in both military and civilian contexts without requiring changes to the concept of operations of these systems,” according to a statement by program manager John Everett.
Franz also runs a project funded by DARPA’s Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware Program (VET), which addresses “the threat of hidden malicious functionality in COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) IT devices ... including mobile phones, printers, computer workstations and many other everyday items,” according to a statement by program manager Timothy Fraser. He received nearly $65,000 for this project.
Finally, in July, Franz received nearly $620,000 from the NSF for a collaborative project titled “ENCORE—ENhanced program protection through COmpiler-REwriter cooperation.” According to the abstract, the project will produce “a prototype implementation consisting of a producer-side metadata derivation engine, and a consumer-side binary rewriting engine using this metadata to safely perform binary code manipulation.” In the past year, Franz has also received unrestricted gifts from Qualcomm, Oracle and Mozilla totaling $263,000.
Jones receives ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award
James Jones
Associate professor of Informatics James Jones, along with co-authors Mary Jean Harrold and John Stasko, received an Impact Paper Award from ACM’s Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT). Their paper, “Visualization of Test Information to Assist Fault Localization,” presents a color-coded visualization technique to help locate errors and faults in software. The paper originally appeared in the 2002 Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE).
ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Awards are presented annually to authors of significantly influential papers published in SIGSOFT sponsored or co-sponsored conference proceedings at least a decade prior to the award year. Awardees receive a $1,000 honorarium to split among themselves, an award plaque for each author, an invitation for the authors to present a keynote talk at the SIGSOFT joint Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) symposium and European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC), and inclusion of a full-length paper in the SIGSOFT conference proceedings. Jones accepted the award at the joint conference in Bergamo, Italy this September.
According to the website, “The ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering provides a forum for computing professionals from industry, government and academia to examine principles, practices, and new research results in software engineering.” The group holds several software engineering conferences and symposiums annually.
Jones’ research focuses on software testing, software analysis (run-time and compile-time) and debugging. He is particularly interested in supporting the creative and intellectual process of developing and maintaining software.
CS team to present award-winning paper at 2015 IEEE NCA Conference
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik will be presenting a paper with computer science Ph.D. students Cesar Ghali and Christopher Wood (also a software engineer at PARC), Ashok Narayanan from Google, and David Oran from CISCO at the at the 2015 IEEE Network Computing and Applications Conference (IEEE NCA 2015) in early October in Massachusetts. Their paper, titled “Secure Fragmentation for Content-Centric Networks," received the Best Paper Award from the conference. Check out the tentative conference program here.
UCI ranked among top 30 computer science programs in the world by ARWU
UC Irvine’s Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) once again found itself ranked among the top 30 best computer science programs in the world. The most recent ranking came in August from the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Out of the top 200 computer science programs in the world recognized by ARWU, the ICS computer science program was ranked 29th. “This is great news because it’s consistent with the U.S. News and World Report global ranking that had our computer science program as No. 23 in the world,” says Hal Stern, Ted and Janice Smith Family Foundation Dean of ISC. Since 2003, ARWU has presented the world top 500 universities annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data. For more information and to view the full rankings, visit the ARWU website.
Lopes’ Book Acknowledged as Best Programming Book of the Decade
Crista Lopes
Informatics Professor Crista Lopes’ book, Exercises in Programming Style, has been named best programming book of the decade in a Software Development (SD) Times review. A compilation of 33 different styles for writing programs and designing systems, the book, released last summer, can be used in conjunction with a GitHub-hosted repository of code. In the review, SD Times columnist Larry O’Brien calls the book “the best programming book to come along in many years.”
As previously reported by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, Lopes wrote her book as a response to a recurring programming student problem. While students could write code that worked, they often had no idea how to structure it, leaving their work difficult to decipher and vulnerable to bugs. Lopes' book resolves this issue through a series of constraints: It takes a simple computational task and demonstrates 33 different ways to possibly structure it. “Every programmer will find some styles that trigger a happy recognition and others that cause an intriguing confusion. Every chapter is a delight,” O’Brien writes.
“I made an effort to write a book that is both informative and fun,” Lopes says in response to the review. “It's very rewarding to see that people are getting my message!”
At the review’s end, O’Brien commends the book further: “I honestly cannot think of a more enlightening and more valuable text that’s been published since the turn of the century,” he wrote. “The hardest part about reviewing it is coming up with a way to say ‘Every developer should read this book’ in a way that doesn’t come across as clichéd and rote. Seriously. Every developer should read this book.”
Informatics Ph.D. student speaks about consumer privacy at TEDxUCIrvine
Bart Knijnenburg
Former informatics Ph.D. student Bart Knijnenburg, who is joining the Human-Centered Computing division at Clemson University as an assistant professor in the fall, was a featured speaker at this year’s TEDxUCIrvine. Pulling from his expertise in privacy decision-making and user-centric evaluation of adaptive systems, Knijnenburg delivered a talk titled “How Come They Know So Much About Me?” According to Knijnenburg, “Addressing the privacy decision problem is crucial because an increasingly important part of our social and financial lives happens online, and if we constantly feel that we’re being monitored, and hacked and tracked, then how can we freely express ourselves.” Watch Knijnenburg’s full TEDxUCIrvine talk here.
User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research (UMUAI), an interdisciplinary journal edited by Informatics Professor Alfred Kobsa, celebrates its 25th anniversary with the August 2015 volume. The annual journal has long been a forum for research into the adaptability and personalization of interactive computer systems.
According to Kobsa, the journal has come a long way since its launch in 1991. “When the journal was launched 25 years ago the idea that computers should adapt to each individual user was virtually unheard of,” he says. “Today, however, personalization can be found everywhere on the Web.”
As an interdisciplinary forum, the journal serves audiences in several fields, including human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, the instructional sciences, information systems, linguistics, and the information sciences. It publishes papers on applications in office machines and consumer electronics, applications in ubiquitous and mobile computing, privacy and security of information for personalization, and cultural adaptation, among many other topics.
UMUAI consistently ranks high in field-specific metrics. According to 2014 Source-Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) statistics, the journal is ranked:
No. 5 among 84 journals in human-computer interaction
No. 4 among 918 journals in education
No. 5 among 507 journals in computer science applications
No. 12 among more than 1,000 journals in computer science
No. 5 among Microsoft Academic Search’s 26 human-computer interaction journals.
Since 2002, the journal has also been known for awarding the James Chen Annual Award for Best UMUAI Article, a $1,000 cash prize commemorating James R. Chen, a creative researcher in the area of user modeling and information retrieval, and twice a UMUAI author. Members of the editorial board form an award committee each year to evaluate the nominees
UCI ranked one of the top universities to land a job in Silicon Valley
In a July 2015 article from Business Insider, UC Irvine is ranked one of the top 20 universities in the nation most likely to land students jobs in Silicon Valley. The data came from recruiting platform Jobvite after it analyzed 7 million job applications and 40,000 hires to determine which universities had the most number of students hired by the best companies in and around Silicon Valley, which has become home to several of the world’s largest high-tech corporations and a hotbed for tech startup companies. With Silicon Valley being a prime job market for ICS graduates, this is great news because, as the article states, “If your degree comes from one of these schools, you’re in demand.” Read the full story online here.
NSF Awards $240,000 grant to UCI trio for researching distraction in security
Alfred Kobsa
Gene Tsudik
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $240,000 Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to three UCI professors who are researching distraction in security. The co-principal investigators for the project include Informatics Professor Alfred Kobsa, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik, and Associate Professor of Cognitive Science Bruce Berg.
Today’s technology allows, and sometimes requires, people to engage in security-critical tasks in often distracting public spaces. For example, a user may need to enter a PIN, enter a password, or solve a CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) on his smartphone in distracting settings. According to the group’s proposal summary, “User errors or delays while performing security-critical tasks can lead to undesirable or even disastrous consequences.” The impact of such errors or delays has yet to be investigated. However, using a fully automated experimental setup, this project will study whether and how sensory stimuli influence users’ behavior and trigger mistakes.
The project is in its preliminary stages, but, according to the professors, it entails two potentially transformational research ideas: “If sensory stimuli have a negative effect on users performing security-relevant tasks, its better understanding can lead to awareness and eventual countermeasures,” they say. “If, however, certain auditory stimuli actually improve user performance, new opportunities would arise for applying audio stimuli as a means of aiding users.” The work also “further explores the feasibility of conducting security-related user studies in a fully automated manner, which makes large-scale studies feasible and also avoids any potential experimenter bias.”
According to the NSF website, funding from the NSF EAGER program “may be used to support exploratory work in its early stages on untested, but potentially transformative, research ideas or approaches.” NSF EAGER-funded projects often entail radically different and experimental approaches to scientific research.
ICS Professors make Computing Reviews’ Best of Computing notable books list
Computing Reviews (CR), an Association for Computing Machinery/ThinkLoud publication, has released its 19th Annual Best of Computing list, a compilation of the most interesting books and articles published in 2014. Among the 87 books recognized on this year’s list are two from ICS faculty: Professor Cristina Videira Lopes’ Exercises in Programming Style and Professor Judith Olson’s Ways of Knowing in HCI. The Notable Books and Articles for 2014 list brings together influential items published in computing last year based on nominations from CR reviewers, category editors, editors-in-chief of journals, and others in the computing community.
If you’re an ICS faculty member and we missed your name, please contact matt.miller@uci.edu.
Grad students participate in global UCSB iCTF hacking competition; place third among U.S. teams
Graduate students from the SPROUT (Security & Privacy Research OUTfit) and SSLLAB (Secure Systems & Software Laboratory) research groups at UCI collaborated as a team, called KHCZUU Labs, to participate in this year’s UC Santa Barbara International Capture The Flag (iCTF) competition. The iCTF contest is an annual competition where academic teams pit their skills at cyber attacks and defenses against each other. In security capture-the-flag events, the teams compete to try to find vulnerabilities in programs provided by the organizers and hack other teams to steal “flags,” while defending their own flags. CTF events provide a realistic but safe environment to learn and practice how real-world computer security works.
Even though most of the UCI team members were new to the competition, KHCZUU still managed to place third out of the U.S. teams and 31st overall, out of nearly 100 participating teams. "The whole team is looking forward to next year’s competition and plans to practice the necessary computer security skills in the meantime," says UCI Ph.D. candidate Stephen Crane. “For most on the team, this was their first experience with capture-the-flag-style competitions, and the competition was an amazing learning experience for everyone who participated.”
Congratulations to everyone who competed on this year's KHCZUU team: Brian Belleville, Stephen Crane, Sky Faber, Cesar Ghali, Julian Lettner, Ekin Oguz, Mohaned Qunaibit, Marc Schlosberg, and Stijn Volckaert (visiting scholar from Ghent University).
Tsudik Co-Authors Award-Winning Student Paper on ‘Violating Consumer Anonymity’
Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik and Alberto Compagno, a visiting Ph.D. student from University of Rome (Italy), co-authored a paper titled “Violating Consumer Anonymity: Geo-locating Nodes in Named Data Networking” that received the Best Student Paper Award at the 13th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security 2015 (ACNS 2015), which took place in New York in June. The paper's other authors included Mauro Conti (University of Padua), Paolo Gasti (New York Institute of Technology) and Luigi V. Mancini (Sapienza University of Rome). View a PDF of the paper here.
SPRING 2015
From Google to Germany, ICS students and postdocs succeed at securing jobs and internships worldwide
As the 2014-2015 academic year winds down, we’d like to congratulate the following ICS students and postdocs on the jobs they’ve accepted as they leave UCI:
Lynn Dombrowski accepted a tenure track position at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Julia Haines accepted a position at Google
Bart Knijnenburg accepted a tenure track position at Clemson University
Thomas LaToza accepted a tenure track position at George Mason University
Lilly Nguyen accepted a tenure track position at UNC in Chapel Hill
Sunyoung Park accepted a tenure track position at the University of Michigan
Paco Servant accepted a tenure track position at Virginia Tech
Six Silberman accepted a position at IG Metall in Germany
We’re also excited to see that a number of our ICS students have secured some amazing internships that will provide them with hands-on industry experience. Here’s a list of the students and where they’ll be interning:
Lee Martie – TJ Watson
Eugenia Grabrielova – SPAWAR Systems Pacific in San Diego
Maryam Kadhemi – Intel in Santa Clara
Martin Shelton – Google
Di Yang – GrammaTech in Ithaca, NY
Arthur Valadares – Broadcom in Irvine
Mengyao Zhao – Xerox in El Segundo
Congratulations to all of our ICS students and soon-to-be alumni. Keep up the good work and let us know us about all of your career achievements by emailing communications@ics.uci.edu
Report shows ICS grad degrees lead to high-paying, low-stress jobs
Those graduating this spring with advanced degrees in statistics, informatics, computer science and other information sciences can rest easy, according to a graduate degree and job prospect report released by Fortune magazine. Time Inc.’s business magazine—best known for its business revenue ranking list the “Fortune 500”—commissioned career website PayScale to identify the top 15 graduate degrees that lead to lucrative careers, and those that lead to high stress and low pay. The top four graduate degrees included doctorates in statistics and computer science, and master’s degrees in biostatistics and human-computer interaction. Several information science-related degrees rounded out the top 15, including master’s degrees in statistics, computer science, software engineering, and information science.
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) offers graduate degrees in nearly all of these fields, with master’s and doctoral degrees offered in statistics, computer science, software engineering, and an innovative approach to human-computer-interaction with the informatics program. ICS was ranked 23rd worldwide among computer science graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report in 2014.
PayScale evaluated graduate degrees based on long-term outlook for job growth, mid-career median salaries, job satisfaction scores and work stress levels. Specific breakdowns of these figures can be found in Fortune’s complete report.
UCI ranked top school for game design and development, according to College Magazine and ACR
College Magazine ranked UC Irvine first in its list “10 Best Schools for Gamers,” while the university placed in the top 20% nationally on the Animation Career Review’s (ACR) 2015 Game Design and Development School Rankings, both rankings came out in May 2015. ACR ranked UC Irvine’s game development cachet 25th nationally, eighth among public institutions and the sixth best on the West Coast. Among the reasons for the No. 1 ranking, College Magazine commended UCI’s consistently strong showing at the annual IvyLoL National Championship, a collegiate League of Legends tournament, observing: “With a gaming community half a thousand students strong, UC Irvine proves that games are only fun if you have people to share them with.”
Both lists recognize UCI’s computer game science major, offered by ICS, which combines a solid foundation in computer science with a focus on designing, building, and understanding computer games and other forms of interactive media. The fundamentals of information and computer science — along with coursework in mathematics, statistics, physics, and film and media studies — provide students with the concepts and tools to study a wide scope of computer game technologies.
"I'm excited to see that UC Irvine's computer game science major is moving up in the rankings,” says Informatics Lecturer Dan Frost. “The world is discovering what our students already know — that we provide a top-notch education, an enthusiastic student body and faculty, and an excellent track record of placing students in game-industry jobs."
ICS dean will help lead national effort to improve criminal evidence analysis, cut wrongful convictions
Hal Stern
Hal Stern, dean of the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences and professor of statistics, will help lead a new national Forensic Science Center of Excellence. Aimed at improving criminal evidence analysis and reducing wrongful convictions, it will be funded by a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Institute of Standards & Technology. The campus will receive about $4 million, to be used by ICS and social ecology faculty and students. “UC Irvine is honored to be a part of this. There is a critical need to advance the scientific underpinnings for the analysis of forensic evidence – including fingerprints, firearms, marks left by tools, and documents – and to ensure that participants in the law enforcement process have a strong understanding of proper analyses and interpretation,” said Stern, who is principal investigator for UCI. The center, headquartered at Iowa State University, also will partner with Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Virginia. It will incorporate both a research agenda – developing new probabilistic methods and statistical tools – and education to ensure that judges, lawyers and investigators can effectively utilize the results of forensic analyses. For more information, visit here.
UCI Data Science Initiative awarded $1.25 million from NASA for minority research opportunities
Padhraic Smyth
UCI has been awarded $1.25 million from NASA as part of a new $5-million 5-year award to establish a new center at Cal State LA for STEM education. This new center will collaborate with UCI’s Data Science Initiative and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)’s Center for Data Science and Technology to train undergraduate and masters students in areas such as climate change, hydrology, computational physics, and data science with an emphasis on minority and low-income students.
Professor Padhraic Smyth, UCI Data Science Initiative Director, will be UCI’s PI on the project and will be working with five other UCI faculty members from engineering, physical science and computer science to host Cal State LA students for short summer workshops and lab visits. The funding will support a project coordinator and provide some summer support for participating faculty and Ph.D. students.
Stats professor receives $160,000 NSF grant for neuroscience-focused research
Hernando Ombao
Statistics professor Hernando Ombao has received a $160,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his collaborative research project, “Bayesian State-Space Models for Behavioral Time Series Data.” With a focus on neuroscience and its analysis and integration of behavioral and neural-derived data, the project will develop novel statistical models and inferential methods for the analysis of multi-domain behavioral data and time series with complex temporal and dependence structures.
“This NSF proposal will be useful as we build our group of students at UCI who are working on statistical methods that will push forward boundaries of neuroscience research,” Ombao says.
Such research has broad-reaching impact, with the potential to advance knowledge on the neural underpinnings of human and animal behavior; integrate data from different domains to be used by behavioral scientists to test directly for associations between decision making and brain response; and advance knowledge in other fields that collect temporal data with complex structure, such as sociology (network modeling), environmental sciences, linguistics and signal processing.
The grant comes from the NSF’s Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES). According to the SES website, the division “seeks to enhance our understanding of human, social and organizational behavior by building social science infrastructure, [and] by developing social disciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects that advance knowledge in the social and economic sciences.”
Read more information about Ombao's research project here.
Informatics Ph.D. student receives Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
Katherine Lo
Informatics Ph.D. student Katherine Lo has received the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship supports women in technology with a $10,000 financial award for the academic year as well as an invitation to the annual Google Scholars' Retreat, which offers unique professional development and community outreach opportunities, at the Googleplex in Mountain View, Calif. In addition to her Ph.D. studies, Lo is an adviser to the student organization Women in Information and Computer Sciences (WICS) at UC Irvine. She has previously received an honorable mention from the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
The scholarship is named for the late Dr. Anita Borg, who was committed to dismantling barriers for women and minorities in technology. Google memorializes Dr. Borg through this scholarship in “hopes to encourage women to excel in computing and technology and become active role models and leaders in the field,” according to the scholarship website.
Professor Olson Recognized by Google Co-founder
Judith Olson
Informatics Professor Judith Olson has won many accolades and been widely published over the years, but it’s not often that you are recognized by the likes of Google Co-founder and CEO Larry Page. In a book recently released titled The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Page acknowledges the impact Olson had on him as a student: "The college course that made the greatest impression on me was one on human-computer interaction taught by Judith Olson. The goal was to understand how to design interfaces that were easy and intuitive."
ICS graduate students receive prestigious NSF fellowship
Three graduate students from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) have just received the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). Informatics students Oliver Haimson and Van Erick Custodio and statistics student Maricela Cruz join 2,000 students nationwide to be awarded the fellowship in 2015. Informatics student Katherine Lo also received an honorable mention in the highly competitive program. Haimson, Custodio and Cruz contribute to UC Irvine’s 35 total awardees in 2015, while Lo joins an additional 37 honorable mentions across campus.
“I'm very humbled by this award to be included in such great company both present and those that came before,” says Custodio. “My research will greatly benefit from this award in that it gives me the freedom to explore the far reaches of my imagination. Receiving the NSF GRFP award allows me to broadly share the story I have to tell through my research. I am excited about the difference in the world my research can make because of this fellowship. This, I hope, is the first of many signs that my work has potential to contribute to the research community and society at large.”
Founded in 1952, the NSF GRFP provides graduate students in the early stages of their research with three years of support, including a $34,000 annual stipend and a $12,000 cost-of-education allowance to their institution. Fellows enjoy supercomputer access, as well as the opportunity to participate in the Graduate Research Intern Program (GRIP) and the Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Program (GROW). Past GRFP recipients have gone on to make significant scientific and engineering breakthroughs, with some even becoming Nobel laureates.
Ph.D. Computer Science Students Win iDASH Competition
At the recent 2015 iDash Privacy & Security Workshop at UC San Diego, two of Chancellor’s Professor Gene Tsudik's lab members, Sky Faber (a fourth year Ph.D. student) and Luca Ferretti (a visiting Ph.D. student from University of Modena, Italy), were winners of the iDASH Genome Privacy Protection Competition for their solution to "Task 2: Secure comparison between genomic data." As part of winning this competition, they received a $300 prize.
Ito presents on 'connected learning' at SXSWedu Conference
Mimi Ito
South by Southwest’s education conference (SXSWedu) held in Austin, Texas, invited research scientist Mimi Ito to present at its newly formed closing program in March. Ito discussed “connected learning,” the concept of harnessing information and social connectivity for education. She presented alongside GRAMMY Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, actress and founder of Hawn Foundation Goldie Hawn, and Khan Academy founder and Executive Director Sal Khan.
The single-stage closing program highlighted unique educational convergences by exploring education through the lens of music, film and interactive technologies. “The closing session is a new format, and intended to bridge the education and interactive programs,” Ito says. “I think it is an important signal that we need to find ways to unite the social agenda of educational reform to innovative technology approaches.”
Ito’s discussion of connected learning advocated for using today's tools to advance the longstanding goals of progressive education. “Too often, new educational technologies are used to reinforce traditional forms of education which we know are not effective or empowering to the learner. We have the opportunity to change that,” she says.
Tsudik to Discuss Trust Management Architecture for NDN at University of Calgary
Gene Tsudik
Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science Gene Tsudik is speaking as part of the Institute for Security, Privacy and Information Assurance (ISPIA) Distinguished Lecture Series at the University of Calgary on Thursday, March 26. Tsudik' lecture, titled "Elements of Trust in Named-Data Network," will provide a brief overview of NDN and a summary of various security and privacy issues, while focusing on network-layer trust management. Motivated by the need to mitigate so-called "content poisoning" attacks, Tsudik will also explore the design of a trust management architecture for NDN. For more information, visit the ISPIA site.
Tomlinson appointed to EPA BOSC Subcommittee
Bill Tomlinson
Informatics professor Bill Tomlinson was appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee earlier this year. The EPA BOSC provides counsel and information to the Office of Research and Development (ORD), the scientific research arm of the EPA. Per the BOSC mission statement, BOSC members evaluate and advise research programs and practices at the EPA, evaluate the use of and provide peer-review at ORD, review ORD’s program development progress, and advise human resources planning, such as scientist career development and rotational assignment programs.
As a member of the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Subcommittee, Tomlinson is involved with the subcommittee’s research program. This program works to provide the knowledge and tools to answer the question: “How do we meet today’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs in ways that are economically viable, beneficial to human health and well-being, and socially just?”
According to the EPA, “Members of the BOSC subcommittees constitute a distinguished body of scientists and engineers who are recognized experts in their respective fields.” BOSC subcommittee members report to the executive committee. All BOSC members are drawn from academia, industry, governments, non-governmental and environmental organization, as well as research laboratories, among other relevant entities.
The subcommittee aligns with Tomlinson’s research interests, which involve the social impacts of information technologies, environmental issues and interactive education systems.
WINTER 2015
ICS Ph.D. Grad Receives Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from iSchools
Xinru Page
Information Schools (iSchools) has awarded recent ICS Ph.D. graduate Xinru Page a Best Doctoral Dissertation Award for her dissertation “Factors that Influence Adoption and Use of Location-Sharing Social Media,” which seeks to understand real-world factors shaping behaviors and attitudes toward location-sharing social networks (LSSN), especially as to why people avoid or abandon this technology, or limit their usage. Page, now an assistant professor in computer information systems at Bentley University, was advised by Informatics Professor Alfred Kobsa. Her current research interests include privacy, technology adoption, interpersonal communication, social media and human computer interaction. During her time with ICS, she received a Dean’s Fellowship and Yahoo! Best Dissertation Fellowship Award. She will receive her latest $2,500 prize at this week’s iConference, iSchools’ international gathering of scholars and researchers concerned with critical information issues in contemporary society. The iSchools selection committee, drawn from leading international schools, noted that Page's dissertation is timely and important, with one reviewer calling it “a multi-method tour de force which masterfully integrates qualitative and quantitative research.”
NSA, DHS again dub UCI a National Center of Academic Excellence in cybersecurity research
Gene Tsudik
UC Irvine has been redesignated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research for academic years 2015-2019 by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. “This acknowledges UCI’s prominence and growing impact, as well as expertise, in information assurance,” said Chancellor’s Professor of computer science Gene Tsudik, who heads the Secure Computing & Networking Center at the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences. “It also highlights UCI’s ability to help the nation in educating and training IA specialists.” The program is intended to reduce vulnerabilities in — and threats to — the national information infrastructure by facilitating graduate education and research and training both researchers and practitioners. In addition, the redesignation allows UCI to compete for targeted grants from the National Science Foundation, the DHS and the NSA. For more information, visit the NSA National Centers of Academic Excellence website.
Informatics Ph.D. student receives DoD SMART Fellowship
Eugenia Gabrielova
Informatics Ph.D. student Eugenia Gabrielova has received the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Fellowship. Established by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the fellowship funds and supports STEM undergraduate and graduate students’ academic endeavors, places them in DoD lab summer internships, and promises post-graduate employment upon degree completion. The program aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working at DoD laboratories.
Gabrielova will be joining the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific, a Navy research and development lab in San Diego. Her research interests include virtual worlds, large-scale scientific data exploration, and self-managing software systems. She currently works under the guidance of professor Crista Lopes as part of the ICS Mondego Group, which focuses on research in large systems and data.
FALL 2014
Informatics graduate student awarded Global Food Initiative fellowship
Ankita Raturi
Ankita Raturi, a graduate student in informatics, is one of five UC Irvine students who have been awarded $2,500 fellowships to fund projects that focus on food issues. They’re among 54 University of California students receiving support from UC President Janet Napolitano’s Global Food Initiative Student Fellowship Program for efforts addressing such subjects as community gardens, food pantries, urban agriculture and food waste.
Raturi will work to develop a software program that models the environmental impact of agricultural systems. Called the Open Resource Tracker, the program will be designed to help understand how resources flow both within and between food systems. The software could theoretically be used with any resource-consuming system (e.g., farms, restaurants, factories). While the primary audience for this tool will be those directly involved in the environmental assessment of food systems —farmers, analysts and government workers — it will also have a consumer-facing interface.
The Global Food Initiative was launched in July to align the UC’s research, outreach and operations in a sustained effort to develop, demonstrate and export solutions — throughout California, the United States and the world — for food security, health and sustainability.
UCI ranks in top 20 nationally for theoretical computer science
Michael Goodrich
David Eppstein
Sandy Irani
Theoretical computer science at ICS scores in the top 20 computer science departments nationally, according to a ranking list developed collaboratively by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Maryland.
The list, titled “Ranking of CS Departments based on the Number of Papers in Theoretical Computer Science,” was developed in response to a perceived lack of transparency in the criteria for U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools for theoretical computer science list. Theoretical computer science includes a focus on logic and mathematics. The list considers the quality of computer science department faculty at respective schools and publication rates in major computer science conferences as key ranking measures. It is a part of a larger MIT and University of Maryland collaborative project, titled “BigDND: Big Dynamic Network Data.”
There are two ranking lists, each developed with the same dataset but using a different equation to organize the data. Depending on the list, computer science at UC Irvine comes in at 18th or 19th place, beating out Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale.
Chancellor's Professor Michael Goodrich attributes UC Irvine’s placement on the list to the work coming out of the Center for Algorithms and Theory of Computation, of which he is technical director and Chancellor’s Professor David Eppstein is director. The center’s research seeks to produce rigorously tested results about problems dealing with computers and their applications. In a recent example, professor Sandy Irani, in collaboration with professor Shahram Ghandeharizadeh at USC, has developed several novel algorithms for managing key-value caches for database management systems that greatly reduce processing overhead and enhance system throughput.
“I think this ranking data is an excellent recognition of impact the faculty in the center are having on the area,” Goodrich says.
Kobsa receives $666,000 from NSF to research user privacy decision support
Alfred Kobsa
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded informatics and computer science professor Alfred Kobsa $666,000 to research user privacy decision support.
Even though consumers want to be in charge of their privacy and current privacy norms and research recommend transparency and user control, expecting all users to make all privacy decisions themselves turns out to be unrealistic. Kobsa’s proposal, “A User-Tailored Approach to Privacy Decision Support,” seeks to realistically empower users for privacy choices, through personalized default settings and through rationales for disclosure that best suit users’ predicted decision-making. Throughout his research, he will work with industry to deploy solutions for privacy decision support.
The research is funded by the NSF Social & Economic Sciences (SES) division, which “seeks to enhance our understanding of human, social and organizational behavior by building social science infrastructure, by developing social disciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects that advance knowledge in the social and economic sciences,” according to the website.
Tomlinson, Patterson receive $400,000 NSF grant for crowdsourcing and food security project
Bill Tomlinson
Don Patterson
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded informatics professor Bill Tomlinson $400,000 for his project “Fostering Non-Expert Creation of Sustainable Polycultures through Crowdsourced Data Synthesis.” Associate professor Donald Patterson and Assistant Professor of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Sarah Taylor Lovell serve as co-principal investigators.
The project integrates research in computing and sustainability science with the goal of enabling a new approach to sustainable food security. By combining cyber-human systems and crowdsourcing research with the science of agroecology, the project seeks to develop an understanding of how online design tools may contribute to sustainability through enhanced local food production; to use the process of populating a plant species database as an instance of a class of problems amenable to intelligent crowdsourcing; and to pioneer new knowledge in crowdsourcing optimization.
According to the project abstract, “The work will contribute to long-term food security and offer lessons, concepts, methods, and software tools that may be transferable to other sustainability challenges.”
The award is part of the Cyber-Innovation for Sustainability Science and Engineering (CyberSEES) program at NSF, and is funded through the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations (CCF), which supports research and education projects that explore the foundations of computing and communication devices and their usage. According to the CCF website, “CCF-supported projects also investigate revolutionary computing models and technologies based on emerging scientific ideas and integrate research and education activities to prepare future generations of computer science and engineering workers.”
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Below is a partial list of International Center forms. To view the complete list and download these forms, visit the International Center website, or go directly the F-1 or J-1 student pages.
(And if you are not familiar with UCI's Code of Student Conduct, which is another aspect of academic integrity, we would encourage you to also take the time to explore the website of the Office of Student Conduct!)
» Academically
Honest Conduct
To be academically integrous means holding to values such as honesty, fairness, respect, and accountability in your scholastic pursuits. Students are expected to follow the rules and guidelines established by instructors for assignments and exams, and to accept responsibility for his or her own work. Examples of academically honest conduct are:
Turning in
work done alone or with the help of the course's staff (instructor, teaching assistant, or reader).
Submission of
one assignment for a group of students if group work is explicitly permitted
(or required).
Getting or
giving help on how to operate the computer or terminal.
Getting or
giving help on how to eliminate minor syntax errors.
High-level
discussion of course material for better comprehension.
Discussion of
assignments with the instructor or TA to better understand what is being asked for.
Seeking help from course staff and/or other campus resources if you do not understand the material or are feeling overwhelmed by your courseload.
» Academically Dishonest Conduct
Actions associated with academic dishonesty include cheating, lying, plagiarizing, forging, and stealing. Examples of such behavior in the classroom are:
Turning in
someone else's work as your own (with or without his or her knowledge). Submitting a completely duplicated assignment is a flagrant offense, but even copying only
a portion of the assignment and turning it in as your own is considered
cheating.
Allowing
someone else to turn in your work as his or her own.
Several people
writing one program and turning in multiple copies, all represented (implicitly
or explicitly) as individual work.
Using any part
of some else's work without proper acknowledgement. This is plagiarism.
Stealing an
examination or a solution from the instructor. This is an extremely flagrant
offense.
For instance, an
example of program plagiarism would be if an assignment that calls for independent development and implementation of a program
(assignment intent and specified ground rules) results in two or more
solutions so similar that one can be converted to another by a mechanical
transformation. Or, cheating might be suspected if a student who was to complete an assignment independently cannot explain both the intricacies of his or her
solution and the techniques used to generate that solution.
Any case in which academic dishonesty is suspected is given careful, individual scrutiny. The intent of an assignment, the ground rules specified by the instructor, and the behavior of the student are all factors considered before a decision is made.
In the event that an instructor writes a
letter accusing a student of academic dishonesty, the student may prepare a
statement giving his or her side of the case for inclusion in the student's file.
» Penalties of Academic Dishonesty
A recorded incident of academic
dishonesty may disqualify you for consideration for honors at graduation.
A first incident of academic dishonesty
(if egregious) may be sufficient to cause suspension or dismissal from the
University; a second incident likely will result in suspension or dismissal.
An incident of academic dishonesty is
sufficient to cause denial of a petition to change major into the Bren School.
An incident of academic dishonesty may
be sufficient to cause denial of admission into the Bren School Honors Program.
Speak with academic counselors, faculty mentors, and/or current graduate students about your long term academic and career goals. Consider these questions:
Why do you want to go to pursue an advanced degree?
Do you have the financial resources? Do you want to apply for financial aid?
Do you have the qualities necessary to succeed in graduate school?
Is an advanced degree necessary to achieve your career goals?
If you are certain graduate school is your next step:
Research universities and graduate programs to find the ones most suited to your goals and interests.
The UCI Career Center offers a range of services for those considering graduate school, including:
resource materials for graduate school research
tips for preparation and application
an on-line Letter of Recommendation service
Once you have narrowed down your choices, be sure to contact those programs directly for information. Every school is different! If possible, try to speak with staff, faculty, and even current students in those programs to learn more about what graduate life is like there.
You may make an appointment to speak with an ICS graduate counselor for additional advice and guidance. Call 949-824-5156 to set up an appointment.
Watch this helpful video where ICS faculty talk about the grad school application process, and ICS grad students share their experiences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IY8c4w5D6E
» Applying for Jobs and Internships
The UCI Career Center offers a range of services for those looking for jobs, including:
The Bren School offers undergraduate students the following competitive scholarships and student awards.
The application period for scholarships has closed. Please check back in the Spring for more opportunities.
These awards are possible through the generous support of our community, industry friends, and ICS endowments.
These individuals and companies, through their commitment to higher education, play an active role in the future of information technology by helping deserving and highly competent students afford a quality education.
OVERVIEW: The Bob and Barbara Kleist Endowment was established through the generous donation from Bob and Barbara Kleist themselves. This award is designated to support undergraduate students who have transferred to UCI from a community college and who are preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $2,500 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Transfer students only
Academic excellence
Essay required
STEVE & JENNY MIZUSAWA ENDOWED STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Steve and Jenny Mizusawa Student Award Endowment was established in 2005 through the generous donation from Steve and Jenny themselves. This award is designated to support undergraduate juniors and seniors preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARD: 1 award of $1,500
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Juniors and Seniors
Minimum ICS GPA of 3.0
Self nomination and/or faculty recommendation
Essay required
ACCENTURE ENDOWED OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW:The Accenture Endowed Outstanding Junior Award was established through and endowment in 1992 by Accenture to recognize and financially assist selected student recipients during their final year at UC Irvine.
AWARD: 1 award of $1,500
SELECTION CRITERIA:
3.0 ICS GPA minimum
Graduate in the following academic year
40% academic standing
30% demonstrated leadership abilities
30% civic and/or charitable involvement (eg. volunteerism with various charity or civic minded organizations or individuals efforts taken by the applicants)
Essay required
ESSIE LEV ENDOWED MEMORIAL STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Essie Lev Endowed Memorial Student Award was established by Sara Sandel to honor her sister and former UC Irvine academic counselor Essie Lev. The award is designated for transfer or re-entering undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $1,250 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Transfer or re-entry students only
ICS majors
Demonstrated campus or community service
Essay required
JULIAN FELDMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Julian Feldman Scholarship was established in 1998 by Jim Hobbs ’73 in honor of ICS Professor Emeritus Julian Feldman. The scholarship used to be funded through an annual gift made by Jim and Trinidad Hobbs. In 2006, the scholarship was turned into an Endowed Scholarship, now called, The Julian Feldman Endowed Scholarship in ICS, funded through Jim Hobbs’ annual gifts as well as gifts from ICS’ Annual Fund campaign.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $1,250 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
High academic standing
Possess demonstrated leadership abilities
No essay required
KENNETH SIMMS ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Kenneth Simms Memorial Scholarship endowment was established in 1989 by Laguna Software to honor UCI alumnus and one of the most significant contributors to the development of the PICK Operating System, Kenneth Simms ’70.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $2,000 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Academic excellence
Recipient must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident
The recipient should be preparing for a profession in the field of computer science
The recipient is selected by the selection committe according to the guidelines
Demonstrated financial need
No essay required
SUMALEE JOHNSON TRANSFER STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Sumalee Johnson Transfer Student Award was established through the generous donation from ICS alumnus, Sumlalee Johnson '82. This award is designated to support undergraduate students who have transferred to UCI from a community college and who are preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/resources/ICS_StudentLife_nonTechOpps.php
non-tech job opportunities @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
UCI Administrative Intern Program: Under the guidance of carefully chosen UCI mentors, Administrative
Interns work 10 hours per week in campus departments where they assume
responsibility for projects and enhance their leadership skills. Students
selected for this year-long program also enroll in a three-quarter course
through the Paul Merage School of Business where they receive 12 units of Pass/No
Pass credit for the academic year.
UCI SAGE: SAGE Scholars is a competitive program that seeks out the most talented
students at UC Irvine, targetting particularly students who demonstrate great
financial need, and provides them with training and coursework that help
develop and refine their socio-professional skills and their abilities to be
successful in the work world.
UCI California Teach Initiative: UCI Cal Teach is a unique academic program that recruits talented
undergraduate science and math majors to prepare for a teaching career. It is
jointly sponsored by the School of Biological Sciences, School of Physical
Sciences, and School of Education.
UCI Washington Academic Internship Program: The UC Irvine Washington DC Academic Internship Program, located in the
exciting environment of Washington DC, enables UCI students from ALL majors to
pursue internships, seminar and elective courses, and research in fall, winter,
or spring quarters.
UC/DC Internship Program: UCDC is an internship program in Washington, D.C., sponsored by UCI's
Career Center. It is an ideal vantage point for students to examine behind-
the-scenes activities that shape and implement our nation's future course.
UCI Sacramento Internship Program: This program is designed to immerse students into the workings of state
government while showing the important role that policy makers play in
decisions that will affect all of California.
As members of the UCI community, all ICS students have access to a wide range of campus resources (a partial list of which can be viewed here). In addition to these, there are also opportunities for engagement and enrichment geared specifically towards ICS students.
ICS students are encouraged to complement their academics with extra-curricular activities such as research or joining a student organization. Benefits of this include, but are not limited to: networking with other students, faculty and companies; participating in social activities; forming study groups and friendships; attending various workshops and presentations; gaining deeper experience and knowledge of your chosen field; and more.
Stay up to date with upcoming events organized by ICS student organizations on the official ICS Clubs Events calendar.
» ICS Theme Housing
The Arroyo Vista theme house provides informal, academic and social functions for students interested in the field of information and computer science. The goals of this house are to expose residents to faculty, alumni and businesspersons in the information and computer sciences field.
Activities include:
visits to corporations
opportunities to participate in symposiums and workshops centering on academic success
community and career opportunities
preparation for graduate/professional schools and learning skills
social activities
The house is open to all students with an interest in information and computer sciences.
» Honors Opportunities
Students may apply to be in the ICS Honors Program during Spring quarter if they meet certain academic criteria and have the support of faculty. Benefits of being in the ICS Honors Program include networking with other ICS Honors students, conducting research with a faculty mentor, and working on a thesis.
UC LEADS: This program offers educationally or economically disadvantaged sophomore students (or juniors planning on staying a complete fifth year) in science, technology, engineering or mathematics programs an opportunity to begin research training at the very beginning of their junior year
UROP: The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program encourages and facilitates research and creative activities by undergraduates from all schools and academic disciplines at UCI. Programs include SURP, SURF-IT, MDP, and others.
» ICS Scholarships
To search for some available scholarships, students should visit the resources below.
ICS students are encouraged to participate in student organizations to complement their academics. Below is a list of student organizations within the Donald Bren School of ICS.
ICS Student Council
The ICS Student Council is the official student government for the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. Its aim is to improve the lives of students academically, professionally, and socially. The ICS Student Council hosts career information nights with companies such as Google, Blizzard, Accenture and numerous others; organizes training sessions in which students teach each other about new and upcoming technologies; and performs resume-writing and interview-training sessions. In addition, it is responsible for a series of very popular social events, including ICS Day (featuring games, coding competitions, dance crew performances and the infamous dunk tank and inflatable jousting), reverse career fairs (where students demo their work to prospective employers) and app jams (themed competitions to design and implement new apps).
The mission of Women in Computer Sciences is to encourage women to pursue a college degree and a successful career in the computer science field by offering the resources they need to excel in their degrees from freshman to senior year. WICS provides professional and technical workshops, academic tutoring, leadership and team building projects, as well as numerous opportunities for women to connect with companies and alumni. It hosts peer-networking and mentorship events to foster community and to inspire collaboration on extracurricular projects.
ACM UC Irvine Student Chapter
The Association for Computing Machinery is the world’s largest society of information technology students and professionals. The UC Irvine student chapter represents the needs of the UCI computing community, and hosts regular workshops to share knowledge and hosts presentations by distinguished speakers about new ideas. The chapter also is actively engaged in preparing teams for various programming competitions, such as the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Competition and IEEExtreme.
INSA
Informatics Student Association works to unite the Informatics community at UCI and to promote the Informatics major to students and companies alike. We offer workshops, corporate visits and tours, individual tutoring and mentoring, tournaments and competitions and networking/recruiting events with technology companies.
UCF
Undergraduate Computing Federation promotes interaction between and provide resources to students with an interest in Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Network Security, Cryptography, or Ethical Hacking. Open to all UCI undergraduate or graduate students.
VGDC
The Video Game Development Club is dedicated to anyone interested in video games and game development, with the particular objective of supporting students in developing portfolios, enhancing skills and connecting to industry professionals. VDGC always has an active set of projects on which anyone can choose to work to learn new game design techniques, hone artistic skills or simply learn about new game development platforms. The club holds weekly workshops on topics such as 3D art, design, programming and project management. It also organizes the annual Game Developers Week, which is UCI’s very own implementation of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), featuring speakers from game companies in the area (e.g., Obsidian, Blizzard).
MAISS
Management Information Student Society is tailored to the interests of business information management majors at UCI as well as those interested in business and technology. MAISS aims to provide professional opportunity, an academic community and a strong social network. It offers training sessions, holds beach bonfire, and organizes a popular annual spring banquet. MAISS regularly brings in professionals to talk about such topics as consulting, startups and entrepreneurship.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/internship/index.php
Summer Undergraduate Research Internship in Computer Science @ the bren school of information and computer sciences
Summer Undergraduate Research Internship in Computer Science @ the University of California, Irvine
We welcome applications for a newly launched summer undergraduate research internship program at the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences. Selected students will get an opportunity to visit UCI during the summer of 2015 and spend roughly 8-10 weeks working with faculty on exciting research projects. Projects are expected to cover a wide variety of topics including artificial intelligence, data management, embedded systems and architecture, machine learning, networking, systems and software, secure computing, and theoretical computer science.
Who should apply? The internships are open to both domestic and international students enrolled in an undergraduate Computer Science program (or related field) who are currently in their junior or senior year. (In exceptional cases, recent graduates also will be considered). The internships are suitable for highly motivated undergraduate students, potentially interested in exploring doctoral studies, who wish to gain valuable research experience. It is especially well suited for students considering UCI as a possible destination for their doctoral study. The internship provides an opportunity for students to visit UCI, discover the charm of Southern California, get to know our faculty, and participate in research projects that are changing the computing landscape.
How many internships are available? We expect to have 8-10 internship positions. The program will cover travel expenses to/from Irvine, and interns will have the opportunity of earning up to $450 a week to cover living expenses.
What types of research projects will I work on? Click here for examples of research projects available through this internship program.
Offered by Bren Professor Michael Carey:
AsterixDB is an open source BDMS (Big Data Management System) developed over a 4-year period at UC Irvine and UC Riverside. It has a rich feature set, managing as well as querying/analyzing data, that distinguishes it from the other Big Data platforms available in the open source world today. Its feature set makes it well-suited to modern uses such as web data warehousing or social data storage and analysis. AsterixDB has a semistructured NoSQL style data model (ADM), a declarative query language (AQL), and is designed to run on large "shared nothing" clusters like those powering Google, Facebook, and other big web companies. It has a novel storage architecture that supports fast data ingestion as well as efficient parallel queries, and has a number of other interesting features as well. The AsterixDB project has 1-2 positions for interns wishing to work with open source Big Data technologies. Possible projects include the development of flashy graphical administration and query monitoring tools (for which browser-based application development experience is needed), development of showcase applications (where the intern could perhaps provide their own idea for an application that utilize AsterixDB's spatial, temporal, and textual data support), or the development of a new component or policy manager for the system in cooperation with one of the team's graduate students (for which comfort with reading open source Java code, in a large code base, would be important). Interested interns are encouraged to download and test drive the system on their favorite Mac or Linux laptop in order to get a taste of what AsterixDB is all about.
Offered by Professor Michael Franz:
We are developing a new way to automatically harden computer systems against cyber-attacks. Our techniques fundamentally improve the odds of defenders by equipping all computing systems with unique software. Like biological diversity curbs the spread of diseases, our artificial software diversity makes cyber-attacks costly and ineffective. Concretely, we are building a new compiler (on top of the industry-leading LLVM infrastructure) that does not just try to produce the fastest binary; instead it randomly transforms each program as it is produced. The resulting set of programs isn’t vulnerable to any one exploit. Our work has many implications at the OS and hardware level and is not just theoretical. You can go ahead and protect open source software simply by recompiling it.
We don't expect you to have a lot of prior experience. You'll be working in team of half a dozen graduate students and post docs who offer lots of advice---all we ask is that you are motivated, disciplined, and know how to code.
Project 1: Next-generation Cyber Defenses We are working to bring our compiler to new platforms, contribute our work back to the LLVM project, and develop new ways to randomize code. For example, you could help measure the security and performance on ARM systems or implement randomized function parameter shuffling. We are also working on new Control Flow Integrity (CFI) techniques that prevent attackers' code from executing. Specific projects are determined by the interns particular interests and skill sets.
Project 2: Thinking Like an Attacker
If you like to learn how to hack, reverse engineer or exploit vulnerabilities, this project is for you. We cannot evaluate the security of our research without trying to attack it---so we do exactly that. We build same kinds of attacks that are used in the wild today including return-oriented programming, JIT-spraying and side-channel attacks. Don't worry if you haven't developed exploits before, we'll help you find a project that matches your experience.
Offered by Chancellor's Professor Michael Goodrich:
Algorithms are central to computing, and the Center for Algorithms and Theory of Computation is sponsoring summer internships to study paradigms and principles for the design and implementation of correct and efficient data structures and algorithms. Specific topics of interest include graph algorithms, randomized algorithms, geometric algorithms, and algorithms for computer security and privacy. We are looking for students with experience in algorithm design and analysis, ideally including proficiency with probability theory and combinatorics.
Offered by Professor Wayne Hayes:
Professor Wayne Hayes works in the area of Computational Science, which means using computers to do science in the physical, biological, mathematical, and social sciences. Currently his projects include: the analysis of images of spiral galaxies; graph theory applied to biological networks; prediction of sea level rise due to global warming (in collaboration with NASA/JPL); applied numerical mathematics; all of which use parallel computation. Candidates will need to pass a test before being considered. More details can be found here.
Offered by Professor Sharad Mehrotra:
With the proliferation of cloud computing, organizations and individuals are increasingly outsourcing their data management needs, leading to the problem of “loss of control” over one’s data. The Radicle project at UCI is taking a novel risk-based approach to secure data management in the cloud. In particular, we are developing revolutionary middleware solutions that selectively expose data based on balancing the benefit of such data exposure with the associated risks. An example of such a middleware is the CloudProtect system that sits between a user and web applications such as Picasa, DropBox, Google Drive, etc. The middleware intercepts the user’s interactions with the service, appropriately encrypts data when possible to support user’s security policies, and strikes a balance between service usability and security. The Radicle team is looking for 1 to 2 summer interns who are interested in contributing to the development of solutions for secure data management. This work could include building core component of CloudProtect, extending the nature of policies supported, hardening the software for broader release, incorporating new cloud-based services, conducting user studies using the software, etc.
Will the entire internship program focus on research? While the program emphasizes research experience, it will include social activities so interns get to know one another and experience some of what Southern California has to offer.
How do I apply? You may apply online at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF02710; you must create an account to access the application and submit the required information, which includes your transcript(s), two letters of recommendation and a short personal statement. We will begin looking at applicants December 15th. Depending upon the level of interest and the number of qualified students we can find, we may have a second round selection on February 15th. If you miss the first deadline, we still encourage you to apply for the second deadline.
Will housing be provided? Students must arrange their own housing. Information about off-campus housing options is available here.
Can you tell me more about UCI? Located in coastal Orange County, near a thriving employment hub in one of the nation’s safest cities, UC Irvine was founded in 1965. One of only 62 members of the Association of American Universities, it’s ranked first among U.S. universities under 50 years old by the London-based Times Higher Education. The campus has produced three Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. UC Irvine has more than 28,000 students and 1,100 faculty and offers 192 degree programs. It’s Orange County’s second-largest employer, contributing $4.3 billion annually to the local economy. The university is about 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean, 45 miles from Los Angeles and 80 miles from San Diego. The beach cities of Orange County that neighbor Irvine are among the top tourist destinations in the United States.
Can you tell me more about UCI’s computer science program? The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences is the only computing-focused school in the University of California system. UCI holds the No. 28 spot in the most recent U.S. News and World Report ranking of computer science programs, and Microsoft’s Academic Search website ranks the Bren School faculty as the 21st most influential group in the United States. Students graduating with a Ph.D. from the Bren School at UCI have flourished in positions in industry, industrial research labs, government and academia. For more information about our school and alumni, visit: http://www.ics.uci.edu/about/about_factsfigures.php
Who do I contact for more information? For questions about the UCI summer undergraduate internship program in computer science, please email summerinternships@ics.uci.edu.
The Bren School offers undergraduate students the following competitive scholarships and student awards.
The application period for scholarships has closed. Please check back in the Spring for more opportunities.
These awards are possible through the generous support of our community, industry friends, and ICS endowments.
These individuals and companies, through their commitment to higher education, play an active role in the future of information technology by helping deserving and highly competent students afford a quality education.
OVERVIEW: The Bob and Barbara Kleist Endowment was established through the generous donation from Bob and Barbara Kleist themselves. This award is designated to support undergraduate students who have transferred to UCI from a community college and who are preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $2,500 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Transfer students only
Academic excellence
Essay required
STEVE & JENNY MIZUSAWA ENDOWED STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Steve and Jenny Mizusawa Student Award Endowment was established in 2005 through the generous donation from Steve and Jenny themselves. This award is designated to support undergraduate juniors and seniors preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARD: 1 award of $1,500
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Juniors and Seniors
Minimum ICS GPA of 3.0
Self nomination and/or faculty recommendation
Essay required
ACCENTURE ENDOWED OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW:The Accenture Endowed Outstanding Junior Award was established through and endowment in 1992 by Accenture to recognize and financially assist selected student recipients during their final year at UC Irvine.
AWARD: 1 award of $1,500
SELECTION CRITERIA:
3.0 ICS GPA minimum
Graduate in the following academic year
40% academic standing
30% demonstrated leadership abilities
30% civic and/or charitable involvement (eg. volunteerism with various charity or civic minded organizations or individuals efforts taken by the applicants)
Essay required
ESSIE LEV ENDOWED MEMORIAL STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Essie Lev Endowed Memorial Student Award was established by Sara Sandel to honor her sister and former UC Irvine academic counselor Essie Lev. The award is designated for transfer or re-entering undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $1,250 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Transfer or re-entry students only
ICS majors
Demonstrated campus or community service
Essay required
JULIAN FELDMAN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Julian Feldman Scholarship was established in 1998 by Jim Hobbs ’73 in honor of ICS Professor Emeritus Julian Feldman. The scholarship used to be funded through an annual gift made by Jim and Trinidad Hobbs. In 2006, the scholarship was turned into an Endowed Scholarship, now called, The Julian Feldman Endowed Scholarship in ICS, funded through Jim Hobbs’ annual gifts as well as gifts from ICS’ Annual Fund campaign.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $1,250 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
High academic standing
Possess demonstrated leadership abilities
No essay required
KENNETH SIMMS ENDOWED MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Kenneth Simms Memorial Scholarship endowment was established in 1989 by Laguna Software to honor UCI alumnus and one of the most significant contributors to the development of the PICK Operating System, Kenneth Simms ’70.
AWARDS: 2 awards of $2,000 each
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Academic excellence
Recipient must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident
The recipient should be preparing for a profession in the field of computer science
The recipient is selected by the selection committe according to the guidelines
Demonstrated financial need
No essay required
SUMALEE JOHNSON TRANSFER STUDENT AWARD IN ICS
OVERVIEW: The Sumalee Johnson Transfer Student Award was established through the generous donation from ICS alumnus, Sumlalee Johnson '82. This award is designated to support undergraduate students who have transferred to UCI from a community college and who are preparing for a career in the computer science field. Students must have a declared major in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
More than 400 alumni, faculty, donors and industry partners turned out for the 50th Anniversary and Hall of Fame Celebration on Oct. 3, as 54 alumni were inducted into the 2015 Hall of Fame for the UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences and the Samueli School of Engineering. Read more >
The $400,000 award will allow the informatics professor to continue her work on “Inclusive and Evidence-Based Technologies for Child and Youth Development.” Read more >
Duy Ngo receives ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award for his work, "An Exploratory Coherence Analysis of Electroencephalograms Using the Functional Boxplots Approach.” Read more >
The 2014-2015 academic year was a momentous time for ICS -- from celebrating UCI's 50th Anniversary to launching a new B.S. in Data Science. This year's Annual Report details all of these past achievements, along with some of the most noteworthy accomplishments of our faculty, students and alumni. Download the recently released Fall 2015 Annual Report here >
Informatics Ph.D. candidate Maryam Khademi (above right) is the first recipient of the new Fred M. Tonge Endowed Graduate Award, which was established during UCI’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in October 2015. The award, named in honor of founding ICS and UCI faculty member Fred M. Tonge, gives recipients $1,000 toward their education. The award fund was made possible with a generous donation from ICS alumna Marsha Drapkin Hopwood, Ph.D. 1974. "The ICS experience opened a world of opportunity for me," says Hopwood. "I believe it is important to contribute to providing similar opportunities for current and future students."
As data management systems become more distributed, risk of
data loss arises whenever data migrates from more secure environments to those
that are less secure. One way to mitigate such risk is to identify components
that are vulnerable, and fortify them with security solutions. Nonetheless,
such actions cannot prevent attacks carried out by insiders. For example, a
malicious database administrator would still have access to the sensitive data
within the databases he or she manages. In other instances, performance
overheads involved might prevent usage of strong security practices, such as encrypting all sensitive data in motion or
at rest. Hence, new security solutions need to be developed as data
management systems become more distributed and migrate to the cloud.
Overview
In this project, we take an alternate/complementary
approach towards securing query processing for database workloads. We
acknowledge the fact that different
system components/environments through which data moves during query processing
offer different security guarantees. Instead of attempting to prevent or
thwart attacks, we design risk aware query processing techniques that control
how data flows through different components (in particular from more secure to
less secure ones) such that the risk of loss of data, while not entirely eliminated,
is substantially reduced. The major intuition behind our approaches is that
migration/motion of data during query processing is primarily guided by
efficiency concerns (such as, how much data to cache, how to access the data,
via index or table scan etc.). Therefore, varying the characteristics of data
movement through these components exposes a tradeoff between risk and
performance.
For instance, query processing on a typical database
server requires that data be brought into memory and be kept in memory (cached)
for as long as possible to prevent expensive disk I/Os.
Indeed, given the large amounts of data involved, often the primary
optimization that database servers support is
minimizing the number of disk I/Os. However, longer
the data resides in memory, larger the risk that it can be stolen through a
variety of memory scraping attacks.
Instead, an alternate strategy like toss-immediately
after use may incur performance degradation, but significantly reduce risk
of data loss. Likewise, consider an public-private
hybrid cloud setup, where and organization utilizes the public cloud resources
during peak demands to offload some of the work. Again, limiting the queries
and data offloaded to the (less-trusted) public cloud can limit exposure risks.
Given the potential tradeoffs between performance and
risks of data loss, we postulate the problem of risk aware query processing
wherein the goal changes from purely attempting to minimize costs (and hence
maximize performance) to that of achieving a balance between performance and
exposure risks. Given the above postulation, multi-criteria optimization
techniques can be employed to achieve a balance between performance and
exposure risk. Two specific settings could be: (a) optimize for performance
while ensuring that exposure risks are constrained, or alternatively, (b)
constrain the additional overhead of query processing, while minimizing the
risk of data loss.
The mechanisms we will design will address risk
management at both the query optimization level, as well as, at the level of
redesign of individual relational operators (such as joins, selections, etc.)
so as to limit exposure risks. Additionally, we will explore data and workload
partitioning methods for the hybrid cloud models that minimize exposure risks
while ensuring performance goals.
Project Funding
This project is partially supported by grants from NSF and NEC Labs, USA.
Welcome to the homepage of Sherlock@UCI: a UC Irvine project on Entity Resolution and Data Quality!
The significance of data quality research is motivated by the observation that
the effectiveness of data-driven technologies such as decision support tools,
data exploration, analysis, and scientific discovery tools is closely tied to the
quality of data on which such techniques are applied. It is well recognized
that the outcome of the analysis is only as good as the data on which
the analysis is performed. That is why today organizations spend a tangible
percent of their budgets on cleaning tasks such as removing duplicates,
correcting errors, filling missing values, to improve data quality prior
to pushing data through the analysis pipeline.
Given the critical importance of the problem, many efforts, in both industry
and academia, have explored systematic approaches to addressing the cleaning
challenges. The work of our group focuses primarily on the entity resolution challenge
that arises because objects in the real world are referred to using references
or descriptions that are not always unique identifiers of the objects,
leading to ambiguity.
The traditional approach for entity resolution uses features associated with
a reference (or a record) to find references that co-refer. In our project we are exploring
which other sources and types of information could be used, in addition to features, to better
disambiguate among references. This information could be present in that data being cleaned itself
or can be obtained from external data sources, including ontologies, encyclopedias, and the Web.
We are also looking into ways to guide and fine-tune the data cleaning process based
on the type of analysis that will be done on the data being cleaned for it to reach higher
disambiagution quality as well as efficiency.
Past Work
As part of our project, in the past we have pioneered a novel entity resolution methodology which we refer to as
Relationship-Based Data Cleaning (RelDC). RelDC relies upon the observation that many real-world
datasets are relational in nature
and contain not only information about entities but also relationships among them,
knowledge of which can be used to disambiguate among representations more effectively.
RelDC is a principled, domain-independent framework that
exploits the entity-relationship graph of the dataset, and specifically
relationships, for high-quality entity resolution that is self-tuning and requires minimal
intervention by analysts.
Keywords
Entity Resolution, Data Cleaning, Data Cleansing, Information Quality, Data Quality.
Acknowledgement
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1118114. Any opinions,
findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and
do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
The Parallel Architectures and Systems group in the Department of Computer Science at UCI conducts research
on processor architecture and software for parallel, high-performance and distributed systems (including
embedded systems). The best way to learn about our work is to look at our projects and publications.
"WebRTC is perhaps the most disruptive of all HTML5 APIs. By making the audio and video communications programmable in the browser language, it is expected to have a profound impact on the way we communicate with each other. WebRTC will enable exciting new experiences on computing devices in individual communications, group meetings, e-commerce, customer support, remote collaborations, media, and online education among others. WebRTC has the potential of transforming the web to the main real-time interaction medium.
Kudos to the UC Irvine research team of Prof. Nicolau and Prof. Veidenbaum for developing WebRTCBench, a ground breaking benchmarking suite for quantitative measurement of the system characteristics of fundamental operations of WebRTC. With the rapidly increasing importance of WebRTC in computing and communication industries, I have growing hope that WebRTCBench will play a major role in helping optimize WebRTC implementations and shape this exceptionally important emerging technology."
Dr. Mohammad Reza Haghighat
Senior Principal Engineer and leader of Intel HTML5 technical strategy
We develop novel statistical methods and models for analyzing massive spatio-temporal data with complex dependence structures.
We collaborate with scientists on study design, modeling and analysis of space-time data arising from various fields such as neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, sociology and epidemiology.
Through collaborative projects, we engage undergraduate and graduate students in all phases of inter-disciplinary research including model formulation, implementation and presentation of results.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~djr/DebraJRichardson/SE4S.html
SE4S: Software Engineering for Sustainability
SE4S: Software Engineering for Sustainability
The use of information and communications technology (ICT) has led to profound advances in human civilizations, but in doing so has also contributed significantly to the exploitation of our planet’s resources. New forms of ICT, on the other hand, also generate considerable potential for “greening through ICT” – that is, making the world more sustainable by means of ICT interventions. This project seeks to understand how software engineering can help in this endeavor.
Software-intensive systems are deeply engaged with many different aspects of life in the industrialized world; as such, they provide a powerful leverage point for enabling sustainability concerns to be brought to bear across a wide range of domains. Yet, developers of these systems lack a comprehensive understanding of how to integrate sustainability into their software development processes. We are creating a methodology for developing software-intensive systems that meet the functional needs of users while reducing the environmental impacts brought about by those systems. This project, software engineering for sustainability (SE4S), therefore, is focused on how software engineering can support environmental sustainability in the wide variety of domains in which software is deployed, rather than just how software engineering can contribute to improving the sustainability of either software or ICT itself.
One of our primary emphases is on requirements engineering for sustainable software-intensive systems. Specifically, how can sustainability be considered as a first class quality in describing constraints on the design and implementation of a software-intensive system so that it mitigates negative impact on its environment and thereby supports sustainability? We are also exploring how different aspects of sustainability (e.g., reducing carbon emissions, increasing sustainable energy sources, managing water, supporting biodiversity, organizing food production) can be represented and implemented in common ways across various domains. We are designing adaptable, reusable sustainability “widgets” that will reduce the costs associated with developing software that addresses sustainability. We view these efforts as one way to incentivize stakeholder buy-in, which will be critical to adopting this new approach. Considering sustainability as a first-class requirement is likely to incur additional costs at some point in the production process and/or deployment of the software. Whether overall costs go up or down, incentivizing developers and/or consumers to expend greater local costs to address sustainability adequately will be an important part of this effort's success.
This interdisciplinary project links the fields of software engineering and environmental informatics, and also reaches beyond these disciplines to other environmental sciences and industries to integrate the most current understanding of sustainability issues.
Welcome to the new home of the AsterixDB Big Data Management
System (BDMS). The AsterixDB BDMS is the result of about 3.5 years
of R&D involving researchers at UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UC San
Diego. The AsterixDB code base now consists of roughly 250K lines
of Java code that has been co-developed at UC Irvine and UC
Riverside.
Initiated in 2009, the NSF-sponsored ASTERIX project has been
developing new technologies for ingesting, storing, managing,
indexing, querying, and analyzing vast quantities of
semi-structured information. The project has been combining ideas
from three distinct areas—semi-structured data, parallel databases,
and data-intensive computing (a.k.a. today’s Big Data platforms)—in
order to create a next-generation, open-source software platform
that scales by running on large, shared-nothing commodity computing
clusters.
The ASTERIX effort has been targeting a wide range of
semi-structured information, ranging from “data” use cases—where
information is well-typed and highly regular—to “content” use
cases—where data tends to be irregular, much of each datum may be
textual, and the ultimate schema for the various data types
involved may be hard to anticipate up front. The ASTERIX project
has been addressing technical issues including highly scalable data
storage and indexing, semi-structured query processing on very
large clusters, and merging time-tested parallel database
techniques with modern data-intensive computing techniques to
support performant yet declarative solutions to the problem of
storing and analyzing semi-structured information effectively.
The first fruits of this labor have been captured in the
AsterixDB system that is now being released in preliminary or
“Beta” release form. We are hoping that the arrival of AsterixDB
will mark the beginning of the “BDMS era”, and we hope that both
the Big Data community and the database community will find the
AsterixDB system to be interesting and useful for a much broader
class of problems than can be addressed with any one of today’s
current Big Data platforms and related technologies (e.g., Hadoop,
Pig, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, and so on). One of our project mottos
has been “one size fits a bunch”—at least that has been our
aim.
Siripen Pongpaichet is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. She is working with Professor Ramesh Jain, in Social Life Networks (SLN) lab. The fundamental goal of SLNs is to identify people’s needs in a given situation, locate appropriate resources to meet those needs, and connect them efficiently, effectively and promptly. She has been developing a macro situation-modeling platform for SLNs called EventShop. This framework allows for ingestion of different data streams and converts them to a unifying space, time, and thematic (STT) representation. Her current research interests are in event information systems, database management systems, and situation recognition. Her PhD research topic is focused on multi-resolution spatial-temporal analysis across multimedia streams.
She obtained her B.Sc in Computer Science with first class honors from Mahidol University, Thailand in 2008. Her research project was E-Advisory System - an expert system providing academic advices liked a real human counselor. After graduating, she was a Lecturer and Software Engineering at the same university. She then came to United States in 2009, and obtained her M.S. in Computer Science from University of California, Irvine in 2011. She worked with Professor Michael Carey on her master thesis which is Monitoring Console for Hyracks Platform - a real time web based console to monitor a data parallel platform running data-intensive jobs on a shared-noting cluster.
Ramesh Jain, Laleh Jalali, Siripen Pongpaichet, Amarnath Gupta:
Building Social Life Networks. IEEE Data Eng. Bull. 36(3): 91-98 (2013)
Conference and Workshop Papers
Minh-Son Dao, Koji Zettsu, Siripen Pongpaichet, Laleh Jalali, Ramesh Jain:
Exploring spatio-temporal-theme correlation between physical and social streaming data for event detection and pattern interpretation from heterogeneous sensors. Big Data 2015: 2690-2699
Mengfan Tang, Pranav Agrawal, Siripen Pongpaichet, Ramesh Jain:
Geospatial interpolation analytics for data streams in eventshop. ICME 2015: 1-6
Minh-Son Dao, Siripen Pongpaichet, Laleh Jalali, Kyoung-Sook Kim, Ramesh Jain, Koiji Zettsu:
A Real-time Complex Event Discovery Platform for Cyber-Physical-Social Systems. ICMR 2014: 201
Siripen Pongpaichet, Vivek K. Singh, Mingyan Gao, Ramesh Jain:
EventShop: recognizing situations in web data streams. WWW (Companion Volume) 2013: 1359-1368
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I am a PhD student (5th year) in department of computer science at UC Irvine, working with Prof. Alexander Ihler. Before that, I received my B.S. in computer science from Harbin Institute of Technology, and M.E. in software engineering from Tsinghua University.
I am broadly interested in machine learning and data mining. Currently, I am focusing on statistical learning and inference in probabilistic graphical models.
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International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), 2013, pages 101-104.
I'm a third year Ph.D. student in Department of Informatics, UCIrvine. I'm interested in regulation and governance in online communities, particularly in online games. I'm currently working with Prof. Bonnie Nardi.
I use ethnographic methods to study people's interaction with technologies. My email address is yubok(at)uci.edu.
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Applied Learning « Opportunities « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Our majors are structured so you actually apply what you learn as part of the educational experience. Every major includes a number of capstone project courses throughout the years.
Project courses have several lecture courses as prerequisites, so you enter knowing the basics of the subject matter and can concentrate on advanced issues under the guidance of an experienced instructor.
By virtue of often addressing real world problems, Bren School capstone project courses touch upon a wide spectrum of possible domains. Past students have had the opportunity to learn to specify, design, and develop computer-based systems comprised of software and/or hardware in such domains as:
aerospace
artificial intelligence
biomedical
business finance
education
entertainment
environment
games
health care
internet
law
management
manufacturing
non-profit
pharmacology
Many of our extensive network of affiliated companies participate as host sites for student teams in project courses. These school-industry partnerships often provide rich internship and career opportunities for graduates, who frequently report that capstone courses were the highlights of their time at UCI and made the critical difference in preparing them with a skill set that got them their first jobs.
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Breadth « Careers « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The Bren School offers over one hundred courses covering a broad range of topics. You are sure to find multiple courses in your area(s) of interest, courses that not only introduce you to fundamentals but also explore topics in depth. This means undergraduates have the opportunity to study advanced computer science topics usually only offered in graduate programs elsewhere.
Why are breadth and depth of the curriculum important for you to consider? Some students start college with only a vague idea of what they would like to study – they should be able to sample the offerings and find their niche. Others enter with a stronger sense of interest in a major – they should be able to delve in and continue to be challenged. Yet others find that their interests change or become more defined as they move through their major-required courses – they should not be prohibited from following their dreams.
Our broad portfolio of courses ensures that regardless of interest, aptitude and talent, or desired career path, you will find what you need.
Here is a sample of areas in which we have significant threads of undergraduate courses:
Networking
Distributed Computing
Advanced Computer Networks
Computer and Network Security
Software Architectures, Interoperability, and Distributed Systems
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Entrepreneurship « Opportunities « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Bren School students are not just students. They want to shape their careers and society. Their entrepreneurial spirit shows up in many ways. Every year students form teams to compete in hITEC, our product development competition that involves industrial mentors and over $9,000 in prizes. The past two years' winning product ideas have gone on to form actual startups:
Clarity Labs leverages TV audiences' consumer behavior through a tag placement application that allows viewers to click on their favorite products in any given TV show for convenient online shopping.
Olepta revolutionizes relationship management for medical practitioners by modernizing the start-to-finish practice workflow. Its software opens new channels between the medical provider, the patient, insurance provider, family members, and all other parties involved in a patient's medical history.
The top three product development teams in hITEC automatically qualify for The Paul Merage School of Business's annual Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth Business Plan Competition with cash awards totaling $30,000.
As exemplified by Clarity Labs and Olepta, every year some of
our of students launch new start-up companies to apply their
innovative spirit to networking, gaming, medical information
systems, internet technology, or some other area. A student who is
interested in participating in one of these product development
competitions may enroll in the Entrepreneurship course taught by Bren
Professor Ramesh Jain, who has founded three
highly successful companies himself.
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Computer Game Science « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The Computer Game Science (CGS) major combines a solid foundation in computer
science with a focus on designing, building, and understanding computer games
and other forms of interactive media. The fundamentals of information and
computer science — along with coursework in mathematics, statistics, physics,
and film and media studies — provide students with the concepts and tools to
study a wide scope of computer game technologies.
CGS emphasizes design, teamwork, and the understanding
of computer games and related technologies and media in a social and cultural
context. The term “computer game” includes games that run on cell phones,
mobile devices, PCs, consoles, Macs, web pages and even inside automobiles.
CGS majors design and create games for entertainment, and also for education,
training and social change.
The study of computer games is an emerging field driven by advancing computer
hardware and software technology, the widespread popularity of video games as
an entertainment medium, and by the interest of artists, economists,
educators, scientists and many others to use game technologies for
communication, visualization, computation and learning.
CGS is ideal for anyone interested in learning the technical components of
creating games — computer programming, graphics, network design, database
management, artificial intelligence and much more — and working in teams to
design and implement exciting new games. If you are primarily interested in
the art or management sides of creating games, the CGS major may not be the
best fit for you.
Students who major in Computer Game Science will:
acquire a solid foundation in computer science and software development;
learn how to create interactive and human-centered computer game designs;
employ an interdisciplinary approach to computer game design and development,
drawing on coursework in modeling and design, graphics, software engineering,
hardware architectures, AI, algorithms, distributed systems, human interfaces
and aesthetics;
be able to analyze and discuss computer game systems as communication,
teaching and entertainment media that can be a force for education, social
change and activism;
graduate with an extensive portfolio of implemented games.
Several factors contribute to the strength of UC Irvine’s Computer Game Science program, including:
Overall excellence. Ranked 28th nationally by U.S.
News and World Report, computer science education at UCI is broad,
deep and cutting-edge.
Location. Irvine and Orange County are home to a
remarkable concentration of game development studios large and small,
including industry giant Blizzard Entertainment. We consulted with
these companies (many of which employ or were founded by UCI alumni)
while planning the CGS major, and they look forward to offering
internships and jobs to our students.
Collaboration. We partner with nearby
Laguna College of Art and Design,
which offers a Game Art major. Their student artists work with our
CGS students to develop innovative, visually engaging games.
The CGS major combines the fundamentals of computer science with about a dozen
game-focused courses. Current requirements for this major can be found in the General Catalogue.
A wide variety of careers and graduate programs are open to Computer Game
Science graduates. The video game industry is comparable in size to the film
and music industries, and job growth projections are excellent for people with
strong technical backgrounds. Many other fields, including mobile software
development, interactive entertainment, and training and education software,
have demand for similar skill sets and knowledge. CGS graduates are well
trained in computer science, and can thus pursue graduate programs or any
career that involves designing, implementing, evaluating or interacting with
computer-based systems.
Associate Professor Crista Lopes at the Computer Game Science
Open House demonstrates her 3D simulation of a podcar system.
In the News
UCI students build games in a week
The Orange County Register features Game Jam, a popular competition sponsored by the UCI Video Game Development Club.
Visit the Bren School YouTube channel to view a wrap-up of the spring 2011 contest.
Meet the CGS mascot (mentioned in the LA Times article above), a character
from the game Colossal Crisis, developed by UCI undergraduates James Dalby,
Fritzie Mercado, Edward Fleischman and Quin Kennedy. The city is under attack
by Godzilla, and the professor assigns multiple clones of our hero to collect
equipment needed to fight back. Catch the demo video on
YouTube.
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Software Engineering (SE) « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The Software Engineering major prepares students to be productive members of software engineering teams in a
variety of application domains, with focus on the domains of major importance within each decade. It combines a
solid foundation in computer science with knowledge of how to engineer modern software systems, and how to function
within teams.
Coursework in mathematics and statistics provide students the basis for rigorous thinking; coursework in the
foundations of computer science provide students the basis for computational thinking; coursework in topics of
software engineering prepares students for the production of software; project courses prepare students for the
practice of software development. The major emphasizes the design and implementation of large software systems.
Acquire a strong foundation in software engineering as well as a solid basis in computer science
Have the ability to become a productive member of software engineering teams in a variety of application domains including, but not restricted to, Web and mobile applications
Be inspired by technical knowledge and have an appreciation for life-long learning
Be capable of placing software in the social context in which is it developed and create novel applications that have the potential to bring social change
Coursework involves mathematics and statistics, foundations of computer science, topics of software engineering and project courses. Current requirements for this major can be found in the General Catalogue.
A wide variety of careers and graduate programs are open to Software Engineering graduates. The Web and mobile applications industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and job growth projections are the strongest for people with strong technical backgrounds. Many other application domains, including interactive entertainment, medical information systems, and training and education software have demand for similar skill sets and knowledge. Graduate school in either computer science or software engineering or a related IT field is also a possible career path.
Of interest
Software Engineering Careers Continue to Boom
According to IEEE publication Today's Engineer, software engineering is a hot industry, "with more demand
for talented professionals than ever." In fact, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics
predicts a 30 percent growth rate for software engineering jobs through 2020 — much higher than the 14
percent average growth rate for all other occupations.
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Overview « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The field of computer science continues to rapidly change as new technical
possibilities and new application areas constantly arise. Your education must keep
pace and position you for an exciting and relevant career. A single degree program
can no longer do this in the face of how broad and all-encompassing the field has
become. The Bren School is known worldwide for its long history of innovative educational
programs, and continues this tradition today with six streamlined majors for you to
choose from.
All majors share a strong foundation, each branching from there to provide you with a
tailored, modern curriculum that builds upon our ever-expanding portfolio of courses;
courses that we carefully and continuously update to stay current.
Our counselors can assist you in choosing the right major. Because our majors share a
core philosophy, should your interests change after arrival you will be able to change
majors in your freshman or early in your sophomore year without having to take
additional coursework.
For student perspectives on each of the majors, download the fliers below:
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Students interested in supplementing another Bren School degree or any UCI bachelor’s degree, whether it be in the arts or biological sciences or any other discipline, will find these minors complement their undergraduate education.
Bioinformatics: The minor provides a focused study of bioinformatics to supplement a student’s major program of study and prepares students for a profession, career, or academic pursuit in which biomedical computing is an integral part but not the primary focus.
Digital Information Systems: The minor is designed for students who want to learn about information systems, computation, and digital communication without preparing to be computer programmers.
Health Informatics: The minor in Health Informatics prepares students to understand the expanding role of information technology (IT) in health care and to participate in creating IT solutions to health care issues.
Informatics: The minor particularly centers on understanding the relationships among computers and people, and how these relationships must be addressed in information and software design.
Information and Computer Science: The minor contributes to students' competence in computing technology and programming proficiency, and in addition, exposes them to the fundamentals of computer science.
Statistics: The minor is designed to provide students with exposure to both statistical theory and practice.
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Business Information Management « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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As the business environment becomes increasingly global and information-centric, the need has increased for graduates who understand and can use technology that gathers and provides information, who are able to distill and recognize patterns in that information, and who can apply those analyses to achieve business objectives.
Administered by the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, Business Information Management (BIM) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary degree program between the Bren School and
The Paul Merage School of Business.
BIM majors receive a firm grounding in mathematics, statistics, software engineering, databases, economics and business accounting, management science and information technology. Students interested in learning how to apply computational methods and tools for achieving strategic business analysis and decision-making goals are encouraged to explore this degree program.
learn the fundamentals of information and computer science, including the rudiments of software design and construction with an emphasis on data management;
grasp business fundamentals, covering all the functional areas in the business school;
understand the background and context in which information and its analysis will be applied.
This degree program prepares students for a wide variety of careers and life experiences. Business Information Management majors can pursue careers in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors or can proceed to graduate school in several disciplines, including information systems, computing, economics, business and law.
Potential careers for BIM majors include:
working at a consulting firm, auditing other companies’ technology policies for business efficiency.
becoming a business risk analyst, identifying ways to reduce a client’s dependency on seasonal e-commerce traffic.
serving as a program manager, leading a team in creating incentive and loyalty programs, so companies can get better business data.
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Computer Science & Engineering « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Offered jointly with
The Henry Samueli School of Engineering,
the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) major provides a unique educational opportunity for students interested in
learning about both the hardware and software aspects of computers, and the application of computers to real-world
problems. CSE includes methods of organizing and manipulating information (computer science), as
well as the design of computers and their components (computer engineering). As such, CSE integrates
interesting topics in computing devices, networks, software and systems engineering.
CSE graduates are well-positioned for career opportunities in both academia and industry. Our alumni are employed at
leading companies or continue their studies toward M.S. or Ph.D. degrees at prestigious
universities.
Embedded devices increasingly drive innovation in consumer goods and products, and often are used in large quantities
to form sensor networks that monitor the weather, environment, or physical structures. Students interested in
learning how such devices are designed and constructed are encouraged to explore the CSE major.
Graduates of the program will:
demonstrate broad knowledge of computer science and engineering;
design, describe and use state-of-the-art hardware/software systems;
maintain awareness of contemporary issues in computer science and engineering in a global and societal context,
and an understanding of the professional and ethical responsibilities of their profession;
demonstrate effective oral and written communication.
Annual student enrollment and graduation data can be found at:
http://www.oir.uci.edu/student-data.html.
Please note that annual student enrollment and graduation data for CSE is the sum of the data under both Engineering and Information and Computer Science.
Computer Science and Engineering majors are involved in building hardware infrastructure — computers, networks and embedded devices — as well as operating systems, compilers and networking software. The focus is on cooperation between hardware and software to yield the highest performance.
Graduates of the CSE program at UCI can pursue careers that involve traffic management, flight control, earthquake monitoring, automotive control and building smart homes. Many students also go on to graduate school, continuing their studies, conducting research and earning advanced degrees in computer engineering, computer science, information science, management or law.
CSE students Niraj Desai, Patrick Murtha, Christopher Escobedo and Michael Sevilla with their senior design project, the Automated Labyrinth.
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Data Science « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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As the only undergraduate Data Science degree in the UC system, the major will
prepare students for careers in data analysis by combining foundational
statistical concepts with computational principles from computer science. UCI’s
new Data Science major has a dual emphasis on the principles of both statistics
and computer science, with foundational training in statistical and mathematical
aspects of data analysis, as well as in the broad principles of computer science
(including algorithms, data structures, data management and machine learning).
The program teaches students how to utilize their knowledge of statistical and
computing principles to analyze and solve real-world data analysis problems. The
major is suitable for students interested in either a career in industry or who
wish to pursue more specialized graduate study.
As a Data Science major, you have the unique opportunity to take an
interdisciplinary course of study that includes classes from all three ICS
departments: statistics, computer science and informatics. Classes you will have
the opportunity to take as a Data Science student include:
Programming in C/C++ as a Second Language (ICS)
An introduction to the lexical, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic characteristics of the C/C++ languages, with an emphasis on object-oriented programming, using standard libraries and programming with manual garbage collection.
Machine Learning and Data-Mining (Computer Science)
Learn the principles of machine learning and data mining applied to real-world data sets, with typical applications including spam filtering, object recognition and credit scoring.
Statistical Methods for Data Analysis (Statistics)
An exploration of statistical methods for analyzing data from surveys, experiments and cohort studies.
Information Visualization (Informatics)
An introduction to interactive visual interfaces for large data sets, including a foundation on the principles of human visual perception and human computer interaction that inform their design.
With a degree in Data Science from UCI, you might get a job working in the web and technology industries for companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft or Samsung.
You might find a career in finance, working on Wall Street or for a banking or insurance company.
You might delve into engineering, working for a company like Boeing.
Or you might use your degree to get a job in the medical or public health field.
The demand for graduates with skills in both statistics and computer science currently outpaces supply. According to a 2011 McKinsey Global Institute study on big data, demand for individuals with data analysis skills will grow to almost 500,000 individuals by 2018, with a projected shortfall of about 200,000 individuals with deep analytical skills, as well as a shortage of 1.5 million managers and analysts to analyze big data and make decisions.
UC Irvine’s Data Science Initiative is a broad initiative with a focus on
coordinating and linking the activities of researchers and students across
campus involved in various aspects of data science. This initiative was founded
in 2014 by the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and is
supported through the Office of Academic Initiatives. One of the goals of the
Data Science Initiative is to support the formation of the new Data Science
major. For more information, visit
datascience.uci.edu
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Freshmen « Admissions « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The campus offers a wealth of information for prospective freshmen, as well as details on all aspects of the admissions process. We particularly encourage you to explore the following:
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Computer Science « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The Computer Science major emphasizes the principles of computing that underlie our modern
world and provides a strong foundational education to prepare students for a broad spectrum of
possible careers in computing.
Students receive a balance of knowledge in low-level computer architecture and systems,
middle-level infrastructure like programming languages, databases and networks, and high-level
topics such as artificial intelligence, computer graphics and network security. Students also learn
about the mathematical and algorithmic foundations that form the basis of modern computing.
Subsequent courses allow students to concentrate in one or more such directions.
The CS major balances theoretical underpinnings with a strong emphasis on designing, programming and implementing large-scale systems. The curriculum covers the infrastructure of computers and networks, as well as the software that runs them. Students receive a broad view of the field through a comprehensive set of core classes and, through upper-division elective courses, are given the opportunity to specialize in topics such as machine learning, data mining, distributed and embedded systems, and security. The major places a heavy emphasis on “learning by doing” through a wide selection of classes in which students design and build in-depth projects over the course of a 10-week quarter. In addition, students receive a solid background in computer algorithms, which form the basis of modern computing. The major provides many practical skills that can be immediately put to use in the workplace while also giving students a conceptual foundation that will serve them well for the long term in a rapidly evolving field.
Graduates of the Computer Science program at UCI will be in a position to pursue a variety of
careers in high-demand areas such as embedded systems, cloud infrastructure, web services,
computer security, networking and data mining. They can be principal designers or involved in
implementation, typically at companies that design, implement and sell or manage products or
services in such areas. They may find themselves in charge of large-scale deployments and/or
customizations at the organizations that use them.
The strong scientific preparation also allows students to become involved in such areas as
high-performance computing, computational biology and neuroscience — whether in industry or
graduate school. In fact, many students choose to continue their studies, conducting research and
earning graduate degrees in fields such as computer science, software engineering or information
science. A background in computer science is also excellent preparation for careers in management,
law, finance or consulting.
Chen Li, associate professor of computer science, and his students created a Web search tool to reunite people after the quake that devastated Haiti.
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Student Affairs « Contact « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Bren School academic advisors assist all Bren School majors, from start to finish of their academic career. School-based academic advising begins with summer orientation, during which counselors help new students map out their academic plan and guide them through on-line registration for fall quarter classes. Through the remainder of a student’s career, Bren School advisors are available to help define and support academic and career goal-setting, identify the most efficient routes for meeting degree requirements, and check for timely progress toward graduation. The counseling staff also sponsor workshops for Bren School students about such topics as career exploration, internships, finding a faculty mentor, and graduate school preparation. The Bren School academic advising staff offers assistance via individual appointments, drop-in counseling, and email .
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Prospective applicants are welcome to call (949) 824-5156 to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor to learn more about the various degree options and which might best fit their academic and career interests.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/prospective/en/student-life/diversity/
Diversity « Student Life « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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UC Irvine’s student body is very diverse, and offers a wealth of opportunities to learn with and from students whose backgrounds and experiences support, complement, challenge, enrich, or expand your understanding of how to learn, live, and work in a multicultural society.
Even within the smaller Bren School student community, our students’ backgrounds and interests are richly diverse – as represented by their participation in extracurricular activities that include dance troupes, athletics, theater, community service, ROTC, greek-letter organizations, ethnic/cultural group affiliations, and leadership in student clubs and organizations.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/prospective/en/contact/student-affairs/
Student Affairs « Contact « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Bren School academic advisors assist all Bren School majors, from start to finish of their academic career. School-based academic advising begins with summer orientation, during which counselors help new students map out their academic plan and guide them through on-line registration for fall quarter classes. Through the remainder of a student’s career, Bren School advisors are available to help define and support academic and career goal-setting, identify the most efficient routes for meeting degree requirements, and check for timely progress toward graduation. The counseling staff also sponsor workshops for Bren School students about such topics as career exploration, internships, finding a faculty mentor, and graduate school preparation. The Bren School academic advising staff offers assistance via individual appointments, drop-in counseling, and email .
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Prospective applicants are welcome to call (949) 824-5156 to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor to learn more about the various degree options and which might best fit their academic and career interests.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/prospective/en/degrees/ics-undeclared-pre-major/
Undeclared Pre-Major « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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New freshmen who want to explore their interests in computer science and information technology before committing to a specific major may apply as ICS Undeclared.
This option gives freshmen all the benefits of being a Bren School student. An academic counselor will help you structure a first-year course plan that meets your interests and includes a core set of lower-division computer science and math courses common to all the majors. You'll learn what the Bren School majors are like and will transfer into a specific major before the start of your second year.
Note that students interested in the Computer Science and Engineering degree program are strongly encouraged to start as a CSE major at the time they enter UCI, as the major is highly structured.
Quick Facts
Did you know?
According to CNBC, of the top 10 highest paying bachelor’s degrees in 2010, the Bren School offers three of them? See the complete list here.
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Research « Opportunities « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Every quarter in the Bren School, scores of undergraduate students (including first- and second-year students) work on research projects with faculty. There is no prerequisite. If you and a professor agree to work together, you can, for as long as you want to.
By working directly with professors, you not only get a taste of what cutting-edge research is like, you also get a preview of what graduate school might be like. Many undergraduates work not only with the faculty member, but also closely with the Ph.D. and M.S. students that the faculty member may employ.
You become part of a team. As a result, it is not uncommon for undergraduate researchers to be co-authors on scientific publications. Some, indeed, have led these efforts and are first authors.
As an undergraduate researcher, you will sharpen your skills on complex problems that are still in the process of being defined, and understand what contributes to a research project’s success. Participation in undergraduate research also positions you well to attend graduate or professional (MBA, Law, etc.) schools. Our alumni succeed at Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, and others.
진로Bren:ICS의 동문들이 자신들의 영역에서 놀라운 일들을 해내고 있는 모습을 살펴 보십시오.
기회Bren:ICS의 교육은 단순한 교육과정 그 이상을 선사합니다.응용 학습 |
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연구 |
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문의궁금한 점이 있으면 부담없이 질문해 주십시오.
입학자세한 지원 요건, 지원 마감일, 좋은 지원서를 만드는 요령
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Campus « UC Irvine « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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The University of California, Irvine is at the forefront of research, discovery, and scholarly efforts that improve lives throughout California and benefit communities in every corner of the globe. Our graduates include leaders in the arts, sciences, business, and education – all walks of life. Among them are three Pulitzer Prize winners and the architect of the “HTTP/1.1” Internet protocol used worldwide.
A top choice for undergraduate education, students who attend UCI discover stellar faculty who are easily accessible for research and mentoring; excellent professional schools in the fields of medicine, law, business, education, and the arts; a beautiful suburban campus; award-winning student housing; exciting campus events throughout the year; and unparalleled academic and leadership preparation to succeed in today’s interdependent world.
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Informatics « Degrees « Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences « University of California Irvine
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Informatics at UC Irvine brings together software engineering, human-computer interaction and the study of information technology in organizations into a single degree program.
Traditional computer science programs concentrate on analyzing and designing computers and computer systems, but the success of those systems depends not only on their intrinsic features but also on human users and their requirements, characteristics and organizations. Informatics focuses on understanding the effect of information technology on people, studying computer systems in their real-world context, and determining how those systems can work effectively.
Students with an affinity for design and an interest in learning how to develop effective and usable software systems are encouraged to explore this major.
The Informatics degree program offers a contemporary curriculum with an emphasis on group work (starting with the first course), studio-oriented design courses and a yearlong senior project.
You may want to consider this major if you:
enjoy solving problems using all the tools you have available;
can work not only with technical details but also with “big-picture” issues;
have strong reading and writing skills and can think freely, creatively and systematically.
Previous experience in computer programming is not required to start the Informatics major. Programming is just one aspect of Informatics, and the major introduces all the necessary skills at a manageable pace. Students who already have some programming experience will also find new concepts, even in the very first course.
The first year of the program provides students with a hands-on introduction to the broad field of Informatics, centering on the Informatics Core Course. This yearlong course develops students’ basic understanding of software: how to design and construct programs, and how the programs operate as part of information technology systems.
The second year builds up a portfolio of foundational concepts and techniques that establish the discipline of Informatics; these contribute to the “toolbox” students will use in subsequent years to solve large-scale information and software design problems. As sophomores, students begin to take more advanced courses that support their specialization in either software engineering, human-computer interaction, or the study of organizations and information technology. These may involve courses in Management, Psychology, Computer Science or Engineering.
In the third year, all students study the design process, project management and the impacts of technology on the real world. Students continue to take electives in their specialized area of study.
The fourth year is built around a yearlong capstone project in which groups of students tackle a significant assignment, typically from an outside client.
A degree in Informatics provides excellent preparation for a career at the forefront of the computing industry.
Our graduates work in many industrial settings — ranging from start-up companies and small software houses to consulting firms and multinational corporations — in various roles, including:
Software Engineer
Human-Computer Interface Designer
Information Architect
Game Designer
Usability Engineer
Mobile Computing Systems Designer
Many also go on to graduate school to pursue an advanced degree in computer engineering, computer science, information science, management or law.
Informatics students demonstrate a prototype of their senior project — an interactive comic book app that teaches English to Japanese school-age children.
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UCI offers a vibrant honors program (CHP, the Campuswide Honors Program), for which Bren School students are eligible. This program offers select events, peer mentorship, a campus “hang out” where you and your fellow honors students convene, work, and socialize, honors housing, and special research opportunities. The Bren School traditionally has a strong representation in the CHP program.
The Bren School also offers its own research honor sequence. Juniors and seniors have the opportunity to learn about the research process and engage in advanced work with a faculty advisor. Students admitted to the program participate in an honors seminar, conduct independent research under the guidance of a faculty advisor (for a minimum of two quarters), and write a research paper for review by their faculty advisor and the Honors Program Faculty Director.
I am a Ph.D. Candidate at Computer Science of University of California, Irvine.
I have wide interests in Parallel Computing, Database, Large scale data processing, and Natural Language Processing.
Currently I am doing research in ISG, my advisor is Professor Chen Li.
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As the only computing-focused school in the University of California system, ICS offers an array of graduate degree programs in virtually every principal area within its three departments — Computer Science, Informatics and Statistics — as well as many interdisciplinary topics. Click on a related link below to learn more about a specifc degree program. You can also visit the 
Curiosity about the world and a commitment to solving problems are the passions that drive ICS faculty. Their research in the information and computer sciences are applicable to many scholarly and scientific fields. But our faculty don't do it alone, students work side-by-side with nationally renowned professors to advance knowledge and improve lives. Below is a list of ICS research areas:
The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences aims for excellence in research and education.
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Graduates of the Computer Science program will be in a position to pursue a variety of careers that involve the design and development of embedded systems, programming languages, compilers, networks and operating systems.
Computer Science and Engineering majors are involved in building the hardware infrastructure – computers, networks, embedded devices, as well as operating systems, compilers and networking software. 
Named a 2011 ACM Distinguished Scientist, Informatics professor David Redmiles is the author of more than 100 research publications integrating the areas of software engineering, human-computer interaction and computer-supported cooperative work. His research focuses on the processes and technologies needed to develop and support useful and usable interactive software.
Named a 2011 ACM Distinguished Educator, computer science senior lecturer Richard Pattis is the author of the Karel programming language and published Karel the Robot, an introductory computer science textbook used in high schools and colleges for nearly 30 years. He serves as the computer science vice chair for undergraduate studies at the Bren School.
Siripen Pongpaichet is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. She is working with Professor Ramesh Jain, in Social Life Networks (SLN) lab. The fundamental goal of SLNs is to identify people’s needs in a given situation, locate appropriate resources to meet those needs, and connect them efficiently, effectively and promptly. She has been developing a macro situation-modeling platform for SLNs called EventShop. This framework allows for ingestion of different data streams and converts them to a unifying space, time, and thematic (STT) representation. Her current research interests are in event information systems, database management systems, and situation recognition. Her PhD research topic is focused on multi-resolution spatial-temporal analysis across multimedia streams. 
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Adball.com – hITEC competition winners
Associate Professor Crista Lopes at the Computer Game Science
Open House demonstrates her 3D simulation of a podcar system.
CSE students Niraj Desai, Patrick Murtha, Christopher Escobedo and Michael Sevilla with their senior design project, the Automated Labyrinth.
Chen Li, associate professor of computer science, and his students created a Web search tool to reunite people after the quake that devastated Haiti.
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Informatics students demonstrate a prototype of their senior project — an interactive comic book app that teaches English to Japanese school-age children.
Campuswide Honors Program
My name is Jamshid Esmaelnezhad which is written as جمشید اسماعیل نژاد in persian.
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Whether your development team members are down the hall or in the land down under, Bren School researchers are working on ways to ensure bottlenecks are avoided and your project finishes on time and on budget. 
Professor Aditi Majumder has created a way to display large images on multiple displays without seams, allowing users to view large picture files without scrolling.
Excerpted from a PBS special and narrated by Danny Glover, Statistics Chair Hal Stern talks about statistical analysis in baseball. Sports are full of small 's' statistics, which are the field of statistics that track a player's performance. 
Professor Wayne Hayes collaborates across disciplines to test the reliability of large-scale physical simulations such as galaxy and cosmological n-body simulations as performed by astronomers. 
The design, use, and impact of technologies are determined not solely by technical factors but also by how those technologies are shaped by social pressures and demands.. 
Professor Ian Harris' research group explores cost-critical and life-critical applications, including automotive design and sensor-based medical devices.
The Center for Cyber-Security and Privacy focuses on the importance of security and privacy in our increasingly computerized life.
Professors Rick Lathrop and G. Wesley Hatfield, have developed a method for utilizing computation and biology to create synthetic genes which have helped in the development of better and safer drugs. 
Professor Bill Tomlinson and the students in his Social Code research group are utilizing technology to help educate people about their impact on the environment. 
UC Irvine and UC San Diego researchers are collaborating with a host of subcontractors and partners, to design reliable tools that will improve first responders abilities to save lives during an emergency or disaster. 
Researchers at the Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing and Interaction (LUCI) are interested in the challenges of designing, using and understanding the elements of a ubiquitous computing world. 
In an experiential computing environment, users apply their senses directly, observing event-related data and information of interest. Users explore the data by following their own personal interests within the context of an event.
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Thirty years of networking research on Quality of Service (QoS) has resulted in standards that have been incorporated into routers of all shapes and sizes. And yet, despite all of this work, use of QoS is very limited. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented QoS to support their own voice and video services, but do not offer QoS to their subscribers for use by any other Internet applications. ISPs have not incorporated QoS into their interconnection agreements, and hence end-to-end QoS is not available. The limited deployment of QoS has ignited vigorous debate over 
Our focus in this work is on dynamic pricing of network resources. The work is characterized by four aspects:
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Inci Cetindil, Jamshid Esmaelnejad , Taewoo Kim, Chen Li, David Newman Efficient Instant-Fuzzy Search with Proximity Ranking , ICDE 2014 (to appear).
Inci Cetindil, Jamshid Esmaelnejad Chen Li, David Newman Efficient InstantFuzzy Search with Proximity Ranking , WebDB 2012, pp. 712.
Jamshid Esmaelnejad Soheil Hassas Yeganeh, Jafar Habibi A novel method to find appropriate epsilon for DBSCAN , ACIIDS 2010 Part I, pp.93102.
Soheil Hassas Yeganeh, Jafar Habibi, Hassan Abolhassani, Mahdi Abbaspour Tehrani, Jamshid Esmaelnezhad, An approximation algorithm for finding skeletal points for density based clustering approaches, Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Data Mining, CIDM, part of the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, pp. 403-410, Nashville, TN, USA, 2009.
For a gene to function properly, it must be active in the right place, at the
right time, and in the right amount. Changes in any of these features can lead
to observable differences between individuals and species and in some cases can
lead to disease. We do not currently understand how the position, timing, and
amount of gene expression is encoded in DNA sequence. One approach to this
problem is to compare how gene expression differs between species and to try to
relate changes in DNA sequence to changes in gene expression.
We are developing methods for measuring and comparing gene expression patterns
at high spatial and temporal resolution between embryos of different species of
Drosophila. The methods allow us to control for variation in the size, shape,
and number of nuclei between embryos.
Adaptive software for automated detection, tracking and segmentation
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Registration of chick embryo outflow tract dynamics with
fluorescence microscopy-based protein expression data (with 
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